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Table 4 Mortality differences between early and delayed surgery.

From: Timing of surgery for hip fracture and in-hospital mortality: a retrospective population-based cohort study in the Spanish National Health System

  

Mortality in

early surgery

Mortality in

delayed surgery

Mortality differences between early and delayed surgery

  

N

%

n

%

%

95CI

p

Age

60-69 years

930

0.86

2,654

1.09

-0.23

-0.95; 0.48

0.546

 

70-79 years

3,825

2.09

12,015

2.66

-0.57

-1.10; -0.03

0.050

 

80-89 years

6,658

3.97

20,651

4.52

-0.56

-1.10; -0.01

0.053

 

90+ years

2,585

7.23

7,182

8.28

-1.05

-2.24; 0.13

0.091

Sex

Male

2,750

6.58

9,404

6.81

-0.22

-1.28; 0.83

0.681

 

Female

11,240

3.19

33,088

3.84

-0.56

-0.94; -0.17

0.006

Fracture

Intracapsular

5,400

3.31

17,404

4.13

-0.82

-1.38; -0.25

0.007

 

Trochanteric

7,747

3.95

22,252

4.38

-0.43

-0.94; 0.08

0.109

 

NOS

851

6.35

2,846

6.50

-0.15

-2.02; 1.72

0.872

Surgery

Fixation

9,394

3.94

25,820

4.47

-0.45

-0.92; -0.02

0.065

 

Arthroplasty

4,604

3.67

16,682

4.39

-0.79

-1.42; -0,17

0.018

Weekend

No

10,824

3.73

30,935

4.49

-0.76

-1.18; -0.33

< 0.001

Admission

Yes

3,174

4.25

11,567

4.23

0.02

-0,77; 0.82;

0.949

Charlson

0

9,644

2.98

26,727

3.21

-0.23

-0.63; 0.17

0.266

Index

1

3,402

4.32

11,820

4.96

-0.64

-1.42; 0.15

0.126

 

2

721

8.88

2,877

9.04

-0.16

-2.49; 2.16

0.893

 

3

148

18.92

654

13.00

5.92

-0.89; 12.73

0.061

 

> 3

83

15.66

424

21.23

-5.56

-14.30; 3.17

0.249

Risk

0

512

0.00

1,306

0.46

-0.46

-0.83; -0.09

0.124

Mortality

4-6

2,747

0.66

7,620

0.96

-0.30

-0.67; 0.06

0.145

Index

7-12

5,527

2.12

16,710

2.30

-0.19

-0.63; 0.02

0.417

 

> 12

5,212

7.75

16,866

8.38

-0.63

-1.47; 0.02

0.147

Number of

0-1

5,783

1,25

13,863

1.49

-0.24

-0.59; 0.10

0.193

Secondary

2-3

4,629

3.05

13,343

2.59

-0.49

-0.10; 1.02

0.096

Diagnoses

4-6

2,364

5.58

8,958

5.38

0.20

-0.83; 1.23

0.698

 

> 6

1,222

15.88

6,338

13.33

2.54

0.33; 4.75

0.018

Time to

0-1 days

13,998

3.85

--

--

--

--

--

Surgery

2-5 days

--

--

28,069

3.81

--

--

--

 

6-14 days

--

--

13,303

5.93

--

--

--

 

14-30 days

--

--

1,130

9.91

--

--

--

Year

2002

3,528

3.29

10,065

4.87

-1.58

-2.30; -0.86

< 0.001

 

2003

3,705

3.99

10,698

4.61

-0.61

-1.36; 0.13

0.118

 

2004

3,549

4.25

10,684

4.15

0.10

-0.66; 0.87

0.780

 

2005

3,216

3.86

11,055

4.09

-0.23

-0.99; 0.53

0.555

TOTAL

 

13,998

3.85

42,502

4.42

-0.57

-0.94; -0.19

0.004

  1. Stratified analysis.
  2. Variables with missing values: sex (n = 18); NOS: Non-Otherwise Specified; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.