Included studies and characteristics
Author, year | Country | Sample size | Predictor | Outcomes | Surgery | Follow-up duration | Quality score |
AbdelSalam et al, 201224 | USA | 210 | Obesity | Complications | Total hip and knee arthroplasty | 9 years | Fair |
Amin et al, 200626 | UK | 328 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Total knee replacement | 6, 18, 36 and 60 months | Poor |
Amin et al, 200625 | Scotland | 82 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee replacement | 38.5 months | Poor |
Andrew et al, 200827 | England | 1059 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 3, 12, 24, 36 and 60 months | Poor |
Sadr Azodi et al, 200629 | Italy | 3309 | Obesity | Complications | Total hip replacement | 6–9 years | Fair |
Sadr Azodi et al, 200828 | Italy | 2106 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 2 years | Fair |
Baker et al, 201230 | England | 13 673 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 6 months | Fair |
Belmont et al, 201431 | USA | 17 514 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 1 month | Fair |
Belmont et al, 201432 | USA | 15 321 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 1 month | Fair |
Bozic et al, 201234 | USA | 40 919 | Obesity | Complications | Total hip arthroplasty | 10 years | Fair |
Bozic et al, 201233 | USA | 83 011 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 10 years | Fair |
Chee et al, 201035 | UK | 106 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 6, 18, 36 and 60 months | Good |
Chesney et al, 200836 | Scotland | 1278 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 6, 18 and 60 months | Poor |
Collins et al, 201237 | UK | 385 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Total knee arthroplasty | 6 and 18 months 3, 6 and 9 years | Poor |
Davis et al, 201138 | Canada | 931 | Obesity | Pain | Total hip and knee arthroplasty | 2 weeks 1, 3, 6 and 12 months | Fair |
Dewan et al, 200939 | USA | 220 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Total knee arthroplasty | 5.4 years | Poor |
Dowsey and Choong, 200885 | Australia | 1207 | Obesity | Complications | Hip arthroplasty | 1 year | Poor |
Dowsey et al, 201040 | Australia | 471 | Obesity | Complications; pain; disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 1 year | Good |
Font-Vizcarra et al, 201141 | Spain | 402 | Obesity | Complications | Total hip arthroplasty | 3 months | Fair |
Friedman et al, 201342 | USA | 12 355 | Obesity | Complications | Hip and knee arthroplasty | 2 months | Poor |
Gandhi et al, 201043 | Canada | 1224 | Obesity | Pain; disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 1 year | Good |
Hamoui et al, 200644 | USA | 63 | Obesity | Disability | Total knee arthroplasty | 11.3 years | Poor |
Heiberg et al, 201345 | Norway | 64 | Obesity | Pain | Total hip arthroplasty | 3 and 12 months | Good |
Ibrahim et al, 200546 | UK | 343 | Obesity | Complications | Total hip arthroplasty | 1 year | Poor |
Jackson et al, 200947 | Australia | 100 | Obesity | Complications; pain; disability | Total knee replacement | 9.2 years | Poor |
Jameson et al, 201448 | UK | 5535 | Obesity | Disability | Hip arthroplasty | 6 months | Fair |
Jämsen et al, 201050 | Finland | 2647 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 1 year | Good |
Jämsen et al, 201249 | Finland | 7181 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 1 year | Good |
Järvenpää et al, 201051 | Finland | 100 | Obesity | Complications; pain | Total knee arthroplasty | 3 months | Poor |
Järvenpää et al, 201252 | Finland | 52 | Obesity | Pain; disability | Total knee arthroplasty | 10.8 years | Poor |
Judge et al, 201053 | UK | 908 | Obesity | Disability | Hip replacement | 1 year | Poor |
Kandil et al, 201554 | USA | 15 770 | Obesity | Complications | Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty | 3 months | Poor |
Kessler and Käfer, 200755 | Germany | 67 | Obesity | Disability | Total hip replacement | 10 days and 3 months | Good |
Kim et al, 201156 | South Korea | 227 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 6 months | Poor |
Kort et al, 200757 | Netherlands | 46 | Obesity | Complications | Unicompartmental knee replacement | 2 years | Poor |
Ledford et al, 201458 | USA | 316 | Obesity | Complications | Total hip and knee arthroplasty | 2 months | Poor |
Liabaud et al, 201359 | USA | 273 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 3 and 12 months | Poor |
Liljensøe et al, 201360 | Denmark | 197 | Obesity | Pain; disability | Total knee arthroplasty | 4 years | Poor |
Lübbeke et al, 200762 | Switzerland | 2495 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 5 years | Good |
Lübbeke et al, 200762 | Switzerland | 325 | Obesity | Disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 5 years | Good |
Mackie et al, 201563 | UK | 1821 | Obesity | Complications; pain; disability | Total knee arthroplasty | 1 year | Poor |
Madsen et al, 201464 | USA | 79 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 10 years | Poor |
Maisongrosse et al, 201565 | France | 502 | Obesity | Complications | Total hip arthroplasty | 58 months | Poor |
McLaughlin and Lee, 200666 | USA | 198 | Obesity | Complications | Total hip replacement | 14.5 years | Poor |
Michalka et al, 201267 | UK | 191 | Obesity | Complications; pain; disability | Hip arthroplasty | 6 weeks | Poor |
Murray et al, 201368 | UK | 2438 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Unicompartmental knee replacement | 1 year | Poor |
Naal et al, 200969 | Switzerland | 83 | Obesity | Pain; disability | Total knee arthroplasty | 6 weeks 3, 12 and 24 months | Poor |
Namba et al, 200570 | USA | 1813 | Obesity | Complications | Total hip and knee arthroplasty | 1 year | Poor |
Napier et al, 201471 | UK | 100 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Total knee arthroplasty | 3 and 12 months | Poor |
Naylor et al, 200872 | Australia | 99 | Obesity | Pain | Total hip and knee arthroplasty | 2, 6, 12, 26 and 52 weeks | Good |
Ollivier et al, 201273 | France | 210 | Physical activity | Disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 10 years | Fair |
Patel and Albrizio, 200874 | UK | 527 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee replacement | 4 weeks, 6 weeks and 1 year | Good |
Pietschmann et al, 201375 | Germany | 171 | Physical activity | Disability | Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty | 4.2 years | Poor |
Poortinga et al, 201476 | Netherlands | 658 | Physical activity | Disability | Total hip and knee arthroplasty | 1 year | Good |
Pulido et al, 200877 | USA | 9245 | Obesity | Complications | Total hip and knee arthroplasty | 1 year | Fair |
Rajgopal et al, 200878 | Canada | 760 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Total knee arthroplasty | 1 year | Fair |
Sechriest et al, 200779 | USA | 34 | Physical activity | Disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 5 years | Poor |
Aranda Villalobos et al, 201380 | Spain | 63 | Obesity | Pain; disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 3 months | Good |
Vogl et al, 201481 | Germany | 281 | Obesity | Disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 6 months | Poor |
Wang et al, 201082 | USA | 97 | Obesity | Disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 3 months 1 and 2 years | Fair |
Yasunaga et al, 200983 | Japan | 3577 | Obesity | Complications | Total knee arthroplasty | 5 months | Fair |
Zhang et al, 201284 | China | 714 | Obesity | Complications; disability | Total hip arthroplasty | 5 years | Poor |