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. 2024 Mar 5;14:5406. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-54932-x

Table 3.

Comparison between the cancer and control groups.

Unmatched cohort 1:1 PS matching cohort
Cancer patients (n = 273) Control (n = 991) P-value Cancer patients (n = 239) Control (n = 239) P-value
Operative time, min (SD) 60.9 (26.9) 66.6 (27.8) 0.003 62.2 (26.8) 61.5 (25.5) 0.743
Transfusion profile
 Preoperative transfusion, n (%) 51 (18.7) 108 (10.9) 0.001 44 (18.4) 32 (13.4) 0.157
 Intraoperative transfusion, n (%) 28 (10.3) 188 (19.0) 0.001 24 (10.0) 32 (13.4) 0.267
 Postoperative transfusion, n (%) 122 (44.7) 420 (42.4) 0.495 110 (46.0) 116 (48.5) 0.577
 Total volume of perioperative transfusion, pack (SD) 2.0 (4.2) 1.7 (2.7) 0.846 1.9 (4.0) 1.9 (3.4) 0.839
Complications, n (%)
 Pneumonia 25 (9.2) 54 (5.4) 0.025 23 (9.6) 23 (9.6) 1.000
 DVT 4 (1.5) 17 (1.7) 1.000 3 (1.3) 4 (1.7) 0.705
 PTE 1 (0.4) 11 (1.1) 0.480 0 (0.0) 4 (1.7) 0.046
 MI/Angina 6 (2.2) 18 (1.8) 0.683 5 (2.1) 6 (2.5) 0.763
 UTI 9 (3.3) 47 (4.7) 0.304 8 (3.3) 10 (4.2) 0.637
 Acute PJI 4 (1.5) 15 (1.5) 1.000 4 (1.7) 5 (2.1) 0.739
Rate of reoperation due to any cause, n (%) 8 (2.9) 57 (5.8) 0.062 7 (2.9) 14 (5.9) 0.127
Hospital stay, days (SD) 13.3 (11.7) 13.0 (11.1) 0.441 13.3 (11.3) 13.8 (11.2) 0.638
ICU admission, n (%) 47 (17.2) 145 (14.6) 0.292 41 (17.2) 43 (18.0) 0.814
Mortality rate, n (%)
 Death during the admission period 5 (1.8) 5 (0.5) 0.044 3 (1.3) 4 (1.7) 0.705
 30-day mortality 9 (3.3) 14 (1.4) 0.068 5 (2.1) 7 (2.9) 0.564
 1-year mortality 76 (27.8) 86 (8.7)  < 0.001 63 (26.4) 29 (12.1)  < 0.001
Clinical Score
 Koval index at the 1-year follow-up, median (IQR) 2 (1–3) 2 (1–3) 0.633 2 (1–4) 2 (1–2) 0.377
 mHHS at the 1-year follow-up, point (SD) 74.9 (23.8) 73.4 (18.6) 0.566 N/A N/A N/A

DVT; deep vein thrombosis; ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range; mHHS; modified Harris hip score; MI; myocardial infarction; N/A, non applicable; Op., operation; PJI, prosthetic joint infection; PS, propensity score; PTE, pulmonary thromboembolism; SD, standard deviation; UTI, urinary tract infection.

Significant values are in [bold].