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Table 3 Comparison of preoperative baseline patient characteristics of patients who underwent emergency total hip replacement or elective total hip replacement

From: Comparison of acute outcomes from elective total hip replacements and after fragility femoral neck fractures in nonagenarians

Variables

Emergency THR GroupaN = 35

Elective THR GroupaN = 91

p-value2

Age (years)

Mean ± SD

91.82 ± 2.289

92.01 ± 1.964

0.651

Median (IQR)

91 (90 – 93)

91 (90 – 93)

Sex [n (%)]

Male

12 (34.3)

19 (20.9)

0.118

Female

23 (65.7)

72 (79.1)

AMTS [n (%)]

 < 7

1 (2.9)

3 (3.3)

0.316

 > 7

16 (45.7)

15 (16.5)

Missing data

18 (51.4)

73 (80.2)

ASA [n (%)]

1

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

0.440

2

13 (37.1)

25 (27.5)

3

11 (31.4)

41 (45.1)

4

3 (8.6)

5 (5.5)

Missing data

8 (22.9)

19 (20.9)

Presence of comorbidities

Yes

21 (60.0)

67 (73.6)

0.136

No

14 (40.0)

24 (26.4)

CCI [n (%)]

4

16 (45.7)

33 (36.3)

0.665

5

5 (14.3)

20 (22.0)

6

6 (17.1)

12 (13.2)

7

3 (8.6)

11 (12.1)

8

0 (0.0)

3 (3.3)

9

0 (0.0)

2 (2.2)

10

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

 

Missing data

5 (14.3)

9 (9.9)

 

Smoking status

Current smokers

0 (0.0)

4 (4.4)

0.017*

Ex-smokers

3 (8.6)

14 (15.4)

Non-smokers

12 (34.3)

10 (11.0)

Missing data

20 (57.1)

63 (69.2)

Preoperative Hb (g/L)

120.86 ± 13.746

112.40 ± 30.010

0.155

  1. Abbreviations: THR Total Hip Replacement, AMTS Abbreviated Mental Test Score, ASA American Society of Anaesthesiology Score, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, Hb Haemoglobin, n number
  2. aMean ± standard deviation, or median (IQR) or frequency (percentage)
  3. 2 – Mann Whitney U test, Chi-squared test, or Independent Samples T test