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. 2012 Feb 15;6:2. doi: 10.1186/1752-2897-6-2

Table 4.

Independent predictors of short-term outcomes in older patients with cervical and trochanteric hip fracture (HF)

Outcome Predictor Cervical HF Trochanteric HF

OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P
Postoperative myocardial injury (cTnI > 0.06 μg/L) CAD 5.9 1.5-22.3 0.010

Dementia 3.3 1.3-7.9 0.010

Smoker 18.3 2.2-153.8 0.007

eGFR < 60 ml/min 3.3 1.4-8.0 0.008

PTH > 6.8 pmol/L 3.7 1.1-12.0 0.031

Leptin < 11.35 ng/ml 4.8 1.1-20.0 0.039

Marked inflammatory response (CRP > 100 mg/L) Hb < 120 g/L 6.8 1.6-28.8 0.009

Leptin < 11.35 ng/ml 0.5 0.32-0.94 0.034

LOS ≥ 20 days Age > 75 years 5.8 1.1-30.9 0.040

CAD 4.5 1.5-13.3 0.006

PTH > 6.8 pmol/L 3.5 1.1-10.9 0.029

Long-term RCF need Age > 75 years 14.0 1.01-195.1 0.049 10.7 1.6-73.4 0.016

Dementia 40.0 2.8-571.4 0.007 12.9 2.8-59.5 0.001

25(OH)D < 50 nmol/L 10.3 1.8-57.9 0.008

PTH > 6.8 pmol/L 7.0 1.2-43.1 0.035

In-hospital death Sex (male) 6.9 1.04-45.6 0.045

PTH > 6.8 pmol/L 28.4 2.6-306.0 0.006 7.3 2.1-31.9 0.003

Leptin < 11.35 ng/ml 14.3 1.4-99.9 0.025

Multivariate logistic regression analyses included all variables with P ≤ 0.15 on univariate analyses.

CAD, coronary artery disease; cTnI, cardiac troponin I; CRP, C-reactive protein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; RCF, residential care facility.