Table 1

Patient demographics and radiographic measurements for UHMWPE and XLPE study groups.

UHMWPE group (mean + SD) HCLPE group (mean ± SD) p-value
N 80 88
Age 64.5 + 8.67 58.0 + 10.40 3 × 10−6a
Gender 47:34 37:49 0.06
Follow-up (years) 10.0 + 1.23 9.9 + 1.10 0.373
Inclination 41.9 + 6.22 42.56 + 6.72 0.322
Ante version 20.5 + 5.57 21.9 + 7.11 0.267
Annual wear rate (mm/year) 0.21 ± 0.12 0.05 + 0.03 1 × 10−19a
Acetabular osteoly 17 of 80 0 of 88 7.4 × 10−7a
 Zone 1 2
 Zone 2 6
 Zone 3 17
Femoral osteolysis 37 of 80 0 of 88 9.4 × 10−15a
 Zone 1 21
 Zone 6 2
 Zone7 34
 Other 5

UHMWPE: ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, XLPE: highly cross-linked polyethylene, SD: standard deviation.

a

Denotes significance of p < 0.01.

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