Dissection and ligation of the lateral circumflex femoral artery is not necessary when using the direct anterior approach for total hip arthroplasty

Table 1 Demographics¹ of patients in both groups

	Group A	Control B	t-test	P value
Age (yr)	71 (9)	71 (9)	0.447	0.657
Male, n (%)	11 (37)	8 (27)	-
BMI (kg/m2)	24.0 (2.6)	24.0 (2.5)	0.092	0.927

¹Values are presented as mean ± SD. BMI: Body mass index.