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Table 2 Factors associated with risk of periprosthetic and non-periprosthetic femoral fracture in 20062008 among Medicare recipients who had THR in 1995-1996

From: Prevalence and risk factors for periprosthetic fracture in older recipients of total hip replacement: a cohort study

Factor

Predictors of periprosthetic fracture

 

OR (95% CI)*

Age (in 2006):

 

75-80

1.0

>80

1.26 (0.96, 1.67)

Sex:

 

Male

1.13 (0.85, 1.50)

Female

1.0

Hospitalizations 1995-2006:

 

0-2

1.0

3-5

0.94 (0.69, 1.29)

>5

1.06 (0.72, 1.57)

Hip or knee replacements after index THR and before 2006:

 

Primary total hip replacement

 

No

1.0

Yes

1.04 (0.75, 1.42)

Primary total knee replacement

 

No

1.0

Yes

1.82 (1.30, 2.55)

Revision hip or knee replacement

 

No

1.0

Yes

1.40 (0.95, 2.07)

  1. *Adjusted for factors on table and Medicaid eligibility; race.
  2. not analyzed because there were too few non-whites.