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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Association between perioperative blood transfusion and length of hospital stay in patients with osteoporotic fractures

Variable

LOS ≤ 13

N = 1720

LOS > 13

N = 481

p-value

Cr mean (SD)a

66.93 (31.64)

65.11 (45.13)

0.01

Gender n (%)

  

< 0.001

 Female

1237 (71.92%)

307 (63.83%)

 

 Male

483 (28.08%)

174 (36.17%)

 

AGE n (%)

  

< 0.001

 < 60

248 (14.42%)

47 (9.77%)

 

 ≥ 60, < 65

218 (12.67%)

36 (7.48%)

 

 ≥ 65, < 70

326 (18.95%)

67 (13.93%)

 

 ≥ 70

928 (53.95%)

331 (68.81%)

 

BMI (kg/m2) n (%)

  

0.22

 ≥ 35

3 (0.17%)

1 (0.21%)

 

 < 35, ≥ 30

29 (1.69%)

8 (1.66%)

 

 < 30, ≥ 25

379 (22.03%)

85 (17.67%)

 

 ≥ 18.5, < 25

1309 (76.10%)

387 (80.46%)

 

Perioperative blood transfusion n (%)

  

0.002

 None

1596 (92.79%)

425 (88.36%)

 

 One unit

37 (2.15%)

10 (2.08%)

 

 ≥ 2 units

87 (5.06%)

46 (9.56%)

 

Primary diagnosis n (%)

  

< 0.001

 Vertebral fracture

857 (49.83%)

84 (17.46%)

 

 Hip fracture

544 (31.63%)

364 (75.68%)

 

 Limb fracture

319 (18.55%)

33 (6.86%)

 

ASA n (%)

  

< 0.001

 1

134 (7.79%)

16 (3.33%)

 

 2

1131 (65.76%)

275 (57.17%)

 

 3

451 (26.22%)

185 (38.46%)

 

 4

4 (0.23%)

5 (1.04%)

 

Hemoglobin (g/L) n (%)

  

0.60

 ≥ 130

740 (43.68%)

221 (47.02%)

 

 < 130, ≥ 120

388 (22.90%)

101 (21.49%)

 

 < 120, ≥ 110

280 (16.53%)

70 (14.89%)

 

 < 110

286 (16.88%)

78 (16.60%)

 

surgical method n (%)

  

< 0.001

 Open reduction plate internal fixation for radial fracture

226 (13.14%)

22 (4.57%)

 

 External radial fixation

4 (0.23%)

0 (0.00%)

 

 Femoral head replacement

110 (6.40%)

94 (19.54%)

 

 Total hip replacement

27 (1.57%)

30 (6.24%)

 

 Closed reduction and internal fixation of the femur

356 (20.70%)

197 (40.96%)

 

 Open reduction and internal fixation of the femur

45 (2.62%)

40 (8.32%)

 

 Percutaneous kyphoplasty

706 (41.05%)

43 (8.94%)

 

 Spondyloplasty

96 (5.58%)

5 (1.04%)

 

 Vertebrae internal fixation

50 (2.91%)

34 (7.07%)

 

 Lumbar posterior column fusion, posterior approach

5 (0.29%)

3 (0.62%)

 

 Closed reduction intramedullary pin fixation of humerus fracture

9 (0.52%)

2 (0.42%)

 

 Open reduction of humerus fracture with internal fixation

86 (5.00%)

11 (2.29%)

 

Anesthesia n (%)

  

< 0.001

 General anesthesia

347 (20.17%)

112 (23.28%)

 

 Local anesthesia

571 (33.20%)

24 (4.99%)

 

 Spinal anesthesia

473 (27.50%)

302 (62.79%)

 

 Continuous epidural anesthesia

15 (0.87%)

11 (2.29%)

 

 Brachial plexus anesthesia

314 (18.26%)

32 (6.65%)

 

CCI n (%)

  

< 0.001

 0

1570 (91.28%)

371 (77.13%)

 

 1

118 (6.86%)

79 (16.42%)

 

 2

23 (1.34%)

22 (4.57%)

 

 3

6 (0.35%)

5 (1.04%)

 

 4

2 (0.12%)

3 (0.62%)

 

 5

1 (0.06%)

0 (0.00%)

 

 7

0 (0.00%)

1 (0.21%)

 
  1. aFor continuous variables
  2. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; Cr, creatinine; BMI, body mass index; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index