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Table 2 Patient related risk-factors for aseptic loosening

From: Diabetes mellitus is a potential risk factor for aseptic loosening around hip and knee arthroplasty

Disease category

Aseptic loosening

(Nā€‰=ā€‰88)

Control (Nā€‰=ā€‰352)

OR

95% CI

P-value

Diabetes

14 (16%)

27 (8%)

2.28

1.14ā€“4.55

0.02

Obesity

24 (27%)

98 (28%)

0.70

0.26ā€“1.86

0.32

Cardiovascular

23 (26%)

81 (23%)

1.18

0.69ā€“2.02

0.31

Respiratory

9 (10%)

37 (11%)

0.97

0.45ā€“2.09

0.56

Renal

2 (2%)

8 (2%)

1.0

0.21ā€“4.80

0.68

Autoimmune

3 (3%)

13 (4%)

0.92

0.26ā€“3.30

0.60

  1. Note: the variables included in the logistic regression model were age, sex, BMI and joint replaced