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. 2012 Apr 24;83(2):190–196. doi: 10.3109/17453674.2012.672089

Table 2.

Results of the first stage using logistic regression analysisa

THA b TKA c
(n = 16,646) (n = 17,535)
Variable OR d 95% CI p-value OR d 95% CI p-value
Age over 65 0.57 0.46–0.72 < 0.001 0.65 0.53–0.80 < 0.001
Male 0.74 0.60–0.91 0.004 0.82 0.66–1.03 0.09
Charlson index 1.17 1.04–1.31 0.008 1.14 1.03–1.26 0.01
Cemented 0.77 0.60–0.99 0.04 1.70 0.75–3.85 0.2
Hybrid 0.92 0.69–1.23 0.6 2.23 0.91–5.47 0.08
Previous THA (TKA) 1.15 0.85–1.57 0.4 0.80 0.56–1.13 0.2
THA (TKA) before change in law 0.96 0.75–1.22 0.7 0.92 0.72–1.18 0.5
Volume 200–300 1.29 1.01–1.64 0.04 1.02 0.78–1.34 0.9
Volume > 300 1.02 0.65–1.62 0.9 0.85 0.62–1.17 0.3

a Explained variable 1 if the patient filed a claim, otherwise 0.

b THA: total hip arthroplasty.

c TKA: total knee arthroplasty.

d OR: odds ratio.