Table 1.
Patient characteristics and factors associated with early-surgery.
| All patients | Factors related with early surgery | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | n(*) | % | OR(**) | 95CI OR | p | ||
| Age | 60-69 years | 3,584 | 6.34 | 930 | 25.95 | 1.00 | ||
| 70-79 years | 15,840 | 28.04 | 3,825 | 24.15 | 0.91 | 0.84-0.99 | 0.024 | |
| 80-89 years | 27,309 | 48.33 | 6,658 | 24.38 | 0.92 | 0.85-0.99 | 0.040 | |
| 90+ years | 9,767 | 17.29 | 2,585 | 26.47 | 1.03 | 0.94-1.12 | 0.547 | |
| Sex | Male | 12,154 | 21.52 | 2,750 | 22.63 | 1.00 | ||
| Female | 44,328 | 78.48 | 11,240 | 25.36 | 1.16 | 1.11-1.22 | < 0.001 | |
| Fracture | Intracapsular | 22,804 | 40.36 | 5,400 | 23.68 | 1.00 | ||
| Trochanteric | 29,999 | 53.10 | 7,747 | 25.82 | 1.12 | 1.08-1.17 | < 0.001 | |
| NOS | 3,697 | 6.54 | 851 | 23.02 | 0.96 | 0.89-1.05 | 0.380 | |
| Surgery | Fixation | 35,214 | 62.33 | 9,394 | 26.68 | 1.00 | ||
| Arthroplasty | 21,286 | 37.67 | 4,604 | 21.63 | 0.76 | 0.73-0.80 | < 0.001 | |
| Weekend | No | 41,759 | 73.91 | 10,824 | 25.92 | 1.00 | ||
| Admission | Yes | 14,741 | 26.09 | 3,174 | 21.53 | 0,78 | 0,75-0.82 | < 0.001 |
| Charlson | 0 | 36,371 | 64.37 | 9,644 | 26.52 | 1.00 | ||
| Index | 1 | 15,222 | 26.94 | 3,402 | 22.35 | 0.80 | 0.76-0.83 | < 0.001 |
| 2 | 3,598 | 6.37 | 721 | 20.04 | 0.69 | 0.64-0.76 | < 0.001 | |
| 3 | 802 | 1.42 | 148 | 18.45 | 0.63 | 0.52-0.75 | < 0.001 | |
| > 3 | 507 | 0.90 | 83 | 16.37 | 0.54 | 0.43-0.69 | < 0.001 | |
| Risk | 0 | 1,818 | 3.22 | 512 | 27.98 | 1.00 | ||
| Mortality | 4-6 | 10,367 | 18.35 | 2,747 | 26.33 | 0.92 | 0.82-1.03 | 0.137 |
| Index | 7-12 | 22,237 | 39.36 | 5,527 | 24.70 | 0.84 | 0.76-0.94 | 0.002 |
| > 12 | 22,078 | 39.08 | 5,212 | 23.74 | 0.80 | 0.72-0.89 | < 0.001 | |
| Number of | 0-1 | 19,646 | 34.77 | 5,783 | 29.44 | 1.00 | ||
| Secondary | 2-3 | 17,972 | 31.81 | 4,629 | 25.76 | 0.83 | 0.80-0.87 | < 0.001 |
| Diagnoses | 4-6 | 11,322 | 20.04 | 2,364 | 20.88 | 0.63 | 0.60-0.67 | < 0.001 |
| > 6 | 7,560 | 13.38 | 1,222 | 16.16 | 0.46 | 0.43-0.49 | < 0.001 | |
| Time to | 0-1 days | 13,998 | 24.78 | 13,998 | 100.00 | -- | -- | -- |
| Surgery | 2-5 days | 28,069 | 49.68 | -- | 0.00 | -- | -- | -- |
| 6-14 days | 13,303 | 23.55 | -- | 0.00 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 14-30 days | 1,130 | 2.00 | -- | 0.00 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Year | 2002 | 13,593 | 24.06 | 3,528 | 25.95 | 1.00 | ||
| 2003 | 14,403 | 25.49 | 3,705 | 25.72 | 0.99 | 0.94-1.04 | 0.659 | |
| 2004 | 14,233 | 25.19 | 3,549 | 24.94 | 0.95 | 0.90-1.00 | 0.051 | |
| 2005 | 14,271 | 25.26 | 3,216 | 22.54 | 0.83 | 0.79-0.88 | < 0.001 | |
| TOTAL | 56,500 | 100.00 | 13,998 | 24.78 | ||||
Bivariate analysis.
(*) Number and proportion of patients with early surgery. (**) OR of early surgery regarding the basal value in each stratum. Variables with missing values: sex (n = 18); NOS: Non-Otherwise Specified; OR: odds ratio; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.