Does pre-existing morbidity influences risks and benefits of total hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective study of 6682 patients from linked national datasets in England

• George Peat,
• Dahai Yu,
• Kelvin P Jordan,
• Daniel Prieto-Alhambra,
• Christine Walker,
• Jose Maria Valderas,
• Alan Silman,
• Antonella Delmestri,
• Vicky Y Strauss,
• Rory Ferguson

Affiliations

George Peat

Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

Dahai Yu

Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

Kelvin P Jordan

Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

Daniel Prieto-Alhambra

Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Christine Walker

Research User Group, Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

Jose Maria Valderas

Health Services and Policy Research Group, Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

Alan Silman

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Antonella Delmestri

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Vicky Y Strauss

Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Rory Ferguson

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK