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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of hip fracture patients over 80 years old in unmatched cohorts

From: Preoperative moderate to severe anemia is associated with increased postoperative major adverse cardiac and cerebral events and pulmonary complications: a propensity score-matched analysis in hip fracture surgery patients over 80 years old

 

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

P value

 < 11 (n = 591)

 ≥ 11 (n = 321)

Age, years

85.64 (3.9)

84.86 (3.7)

0.002

ASA physical status

 II

292 (49.4)

184 (57.3)

0.031

 III

298 (50.4)

136 (42.4)

 

 IV

1 (0.2)

1 (0.3)

 

Female sex

459 (77.7)

210 (65.4)

 < 0.001

Preoperative days

4 [2,5]

4 [3,5]

0.004

COPD

156 (26.4)

105 (32.7)

0.044

Hypertension

318 (53.8)

194 (60.4)

0.054

Diabetes

98 (16.6)

71 (22.1)

0.040

CAD

46 (7.8)

25 (7.8)

0.998

Heart failure

6 (1.0)

2 (0.6)

0.814

Atrial fibrillation

16 (2.7)

3 (0.9)

0.073

Stroke

89 (15.1)

42 (13.1)

0.417

Chronic kidney failure

8 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

0.085

Cancer

27 (4.6)

16 (5.0)

0.777

Dementia

16 (2.7)

9 (2.8)

0.932

Depression

2 (0.3)

2 (0.6)

0.616

Parkinson

12 (2.0)

8 (2.5)

0.649

Pneumonia

12 (2.0)

6 (1.9)

0.867

Lung function

 No to mild lung function decline

417 (70.6)

201 (62.6)

0.013

 Moderate lung function decline

88 (14.9)

72 (22.4)

 

 Severe lung function decline

86 (14.6)

48 (15.0)

 

Diagnosis

 Femoral neck fracture

184 (31.1)

216 (67.3)

 < 0.001

 Intertrochanteric fracture

386 (65.3)

101 (31.5)

 

 Subtrochanteric fracture

2 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

 

 Other

19 (3.2)

3 (0.9)

 

Anesthesia technique

 With nerve block

321 (54.3)

136 (42.4)

 < 0.001

 Without nerve block

157 (26.6)

128 (39.9)

 

 Epidural Anesthesia

113 (19.1)

57 (7.8)

 

Surgery type

 Internal fixation

402 (68.0)

110 (34.3)

 < 0.001

 Hemiarthroplasty

155 (26.2)

165(51.4)

 

 Arthroplasty

34 (5.8)

46 (14.3)

 

Duration of anesthesia, min

160 [125,195]

170 [135,205]

0.001

Duration of surgery, min

50 [40,65]

55 [40,65]

0.004

  1. Abbreviations: COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CAD Coronary artery disease