Body mass index is associated with all-cause mortality after THA and TKA

MM Dowsey; PFM Choong; EW Paxton; T Spelman; RS Namba; MCS Inacio

Journal article

Body mass index is associated with all-cause mortality after THA and TKA

MM Dowsey, PFM Choong, EW Paxton, T Spelman, RS Namba, MCS Inacio

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000108

Abstract

Background Both obesity and underweight are associated with a higher risk of mortality in adulthood, but the association between mortality after arthroplasty and extreme ranges of body mass index (BMI) have not been evaluated beyond the first year. Questions/purposes The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between BMI and all-cause mortality after TKA and THA. Methods Data from two arthroplasty registries, the St Vincent's Melbourne Arthroplasty (SMART) Registry from Australia and the Kaiser Permanente Total Joint Replacement Registry (KPTJRR) from the United States, were used to identify patients aged $ 18 years undergoing elective TKAs and THAs between January 1, 2..

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Timothy Spelman Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

One of the authors (MMD) holds a National Health & Medical Research Career (NHMRC) Development Fellowship (1122526) and one or more of the authors (MMD, PFMC, TS) hold an NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence Grant in Total Joint Replacement (1116325).