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Table 6 Adjusted odds ratios for reoperation, readmission and surgical site infection at 6 months following total KNEE arthroplasty

From: Complications to 6 months following total hip or knee arthroplasty: observations from an Australian clinical outcomes registry

 

Reoperation

Readmission

(arthroplasty-related)

Surgical site infection

Patient factors

Adjusted ORa

(95% CI)

Adjusted ORa

(95% CI)

Adjusted ORa

(95% CI)

Demographics

 Age, mean (SD)

0.96 (0.94–0.98)

0.99 (0.98–1.01)

0.98 (0.97–1.00)

 Female

0.76 (0.53–1.07)

0.75 (0.60–0.95)

1.27 (0.96–1.69)

Comorbidities

 BMI (kg/m2)

0.98 (0.95–1.01)

1.01 (0.99–1.03)

1.01 (0.99–1.03)

 Heart disease

0.91 (0.62–1.32)

0.94 (0.74–1.20)

0.88 (0.67–1.17)

 Hypertension

0.75 (0.52–1.07)

0.80 (0.63–1.02)

1.03 (0.78–1.37)

 Diabetes

0.96 (0.62–1.49)

0.92 (0.70–1.23)

1.02 (0.75–1.39)

 Stomach

0.85 (0.54–1.33)

0.97 (0.73–1.28)

1.21 (0.90–1.64)

 Lung

0.87 (0.53–1.44)

0.95 (0.70–1.30)

1.43 (1.04–1.96)

 Kidney

1.84 (0.99–3.41)

1.12 (0.70–1.79)

0.87 (0.48–1.59)

 Liver

0.98 (0.35–2.72)

1.56 (0.86–2.82)

0.88 (0.38–2.03)

 Neurological

1.80 (0.95–3.42)

1.43 (0.91–2.26)

0.93 (0.51–1.69)

 Anxiety/depression

0.92 (0.58–1.46)

1.07 (0.80–1.43)

1.15 (0.83–1.59)

 Low back pain

1.19 (0.82–1.74)

1.22 (0.96–1.56)

1.28 (0.96–1.70)

 Other lower limb arthritis

1.33 (0.92–1.93)

1.22 (0.95–1.56)

0.78 (0.58–1.06)

Prior joint replacement

 Previous knee arthroplasty

0.73 (0.45–1.16)

0.84 (0.63–1.12)

0.88 (0.64–1.21)

 Previous hip arthroplasty

1.27 (0.63–2.54)

1.61 (1.07–2.43)

0.64 (0.32–1.26)

Surgical factors

 Bilateral surgery

0.61 (0.28–1.32)

0.74 (0.45–1.21)

0.51 (0.26–1.01)

  1. aAdjusted for all covariables shown in table