The first 6 weeks of recovery after primary total hip arthroplasty with fast track

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Table 3. Patient characteristics

	Total	Outpatient	Inpatient
	(n = 94)	(n = 42)	(n = 52)	p-value
Mean age, years	65 (41–82)	61 (41–78)	68 (48–82)	< 0.001
Female, n	56	25	31	1.0
BMI^a	26 (18–39)	27 (20–35)	26 (18–39)	0.6
ASA classification, n			0.004
I	34	21	13
II	55	21	34
III	5	–	5
Right side, n	50	21	29	0.6
LOS, nights^a	0.8 (0–7)	0	1 (1–7)	< 0.001
Discharge to home, n	91	42	49	0.1

a Since the data were not normally distributed, median (range) is given.

LOS: length of stay in hospital.

Figure 1. Daily mean NRS pain score preoperatively to day 42 after discharge. Error bars show 95% CI.