Authors: Flugsrud, Gunnar¹; Nordsletten, Lars¹; Espehaug, Birgitte²; Havelin, Leif²; Meyer, Haakon³

Source: Acta Orthopaedica, Volume 78, Number 1, February 2007 , pp. 99-107(9)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

Abstract:

Background Overweight and a high level of physical activity are known risk factors for loosening of a total hip arthroplasty (THA) due to primary osteoarthritis. We wanted to investigate how these factors, together with age and sex, affect the risk of revision surgery. Patients and methods We matched data from the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register with information on risk factors collected at a cardiovascular screening. We identified 1,535 primary THAs in the screened cohort (930 cemented implants using well-documented cement). Of the participants included, 969 were female. Mean age at screening was 49 years, at primary THA 63 years, and 69 years at the end of follow-up. We used Cox regression analysis to estimate relative risks (RRs). Event was defined as implant revision due to aseptic loosening of cup, stem or both. Follow-up was time from primary THA to event or censoring. Results Men were at greater risk than women of loosening of the femoral stem (RR 2.0, 95% CI 1.3-3.2). Both men and women with upper-quartile body weight were at increased risk of revision due to loosening of the stem (RR 2.5 and 2.7, respectively). Men with a high level of physical activity during leisure time were at increased risk of revision due to loosening of the cup (RR 4.8, 95% CI 1.3-18). In the multivariate model with adjustment for activity, there was little association between age at primary THA and risk of revision due to loosening. Interpretation We found that body weight and physical activity recorded long before THA affected the survival of total hip arthroplasties. Controlling for these variables weakened the association between age at primary surgery and aseptic loosening. Men had an increased risk of loosening of the femoral stem, also after controlling for lifestyle factors.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453670610013493

Affiliations: 1: Orthopaedic Centre, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 2: The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway 3: Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway,Section for Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Oslo, Norway

Publication date: 2007-02-01

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