Table 3.
Significant correlations between laboratory variables, age and length of hospital stay in older patients with cervical and trochanteric hip fracture (HF) (Pearson correlation coefficients)
| Parameters | Cervical HF | Trochanteric HF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | P | r | P | |
| Age - PTH | 0.289 | < 0.001 | 0.209 | 0.014 |
| Age - eGFR | -0.312 | < 0.001 | -0.238 | 0.009 |
| Age - cTnI | 0.262 | 0.002 | 0.222 | 0.012 |
| Age - adiponectin | 0.245 | 0.004 | 0.261 | 0.004 |
| PTH - calcium | -0.380 | < 0.001 | -0.180 | 0.036* |
| cTnI - eGFR | -0.232 | 0.008 | -0.332 | < 0.001 |
| PTH - eGFR | -0.320 | < 0.001 | -0.386 | < 0.001 |
| Haemoglobin - eGFR | 0.250 | 0.002 | 0.217 | 0.009 |
| Haemoglobin - albumin | 0.348 | < 0.001 | 0.202 | 0.016 |
| PTH - adiponectin | 0.167 | 0.053* | 0.268 | 0.004 |
| PTH - leptin | 0.235 | 0.005 | ||
| PTH - LOS | 0.200 | 0.017 | ||
| LOS - phosphate | 0.169 | 0.044* | ||
| Albumin - eGFR | 0.244 | 0.002 | ||
| PTH - phosphate | 0.199 | 0.020* | ||
| PTH - cTnI | 0.397 | < 0.001 | ||
| PTH - adiponectin | 0.268 | 0.004 | ||
| PTH - resistin | 0.193 | 0.038* | ||
| Age - leptin | - 0.301 | < 0.001 | ||
| Age - resistin | 0.238 | 0.009 | ||
| Leptin - adiponectin | - 0.251 | 0.006 | ||
| Leptin - haemoglobin | 0.262 | 0.002 | ||
| Leptin - CRP | 0.226 | 0.008 | ||
| Adiponectin - CRP | - 0.205 | 0.026* | ||
| Resistin - eGFR | - 0.301 | < 0.001 | ||
| Resistin - calcium | 0.227 | 0.014 | ||
| cTnI - haemoglobin | - 0.195 | 0.028* | ||
eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; cTnI, cardiac troponin I; CRP, C-reactive protein; LOS, length of stay. * Non-significant correlations when Bonferroni and Sidak adjustments for multiplicity adopted.