THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND THE INCIDENCE OF PRIMARY SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY: AN AOANJRR STUDY

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of obesity in patients undergoing primary total shoulder replacement (TSR) (stemmed and reverse) for osteoarthritis (OA) in Australia compared to the incidence of obesity in the general population.A 2017-18 cohort of 2,621 patients from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) who underwent TSR, were compared with matched controls from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) National Health Survey from the same period. The two groups were analysed according to BMI category, sex and age.According to the 2017-18 National Health Survey, 35.6% of Australian adults are overweight and 31.3% are obese. ..