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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Arthroplasty. 2012 Feb 15;27(8):1507–1512. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2011.12.010

Table 3.

Univariate and Multivariable-adjusted Hazard of periprosthetic fracture following Revision Total Hip Replacement

  Variable Total
(n=6281)
Periprosthetic
Fractures
(n=330)
Univariate
Hazard
Ratio (95% CI)
Multivariable a
model 1 Hazard
Ratio (95% CI)
Multivariablea
model 2 Hazard
Ratio (95% CI)
Gender p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001
    Male 2,915 114 (4%) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (REF)
    Female 3,366 216 (6%) 1.63 (1.30, 2.04) 1.67 (1.33, 2.10) 1.68 (1.33, 2.11)
Age Category p<0.001 p<0.001 p=0.002
    ≤60 1,985 144 (7%) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (REF)
    61–70 1,678 83 (5%) 0.66 (0.50, 0.86) 0.64 (0.49, 0.85) 0.67 (0.51, 0.88)
    71–80 1,932 75 (4%) 0.59 (0.44, 0.78) 0.57 (0.43, 0.76) 0.60 (0.45, 0.80)
    >80 686 28 (4%) 0.82 (0.54, 1.23) 0.74 (0.49, 1.12) 0.79 (0.52, 1.20)
Body Mass Index, kg/m2 p=0.27
    Normal, < 25.0 1,833 114 (6%) 1.00 (ref)
    Overweight, 25–29.9 2,292 110 (5%) 0.88 (0.67, 1.15)
    Obese, 30–39.9 1,845 92 (5%) 0.98 (0.53, 1.82)
    Morbidly Obese, ≥40.0 245 11 (4%) 0.77 (0.59, 1.00)
Deyo-Charlson Index p=0.003 p<0.001 p<0.001
    0 3,530 172 (5%) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (REF)
    1 1,176 62 (5%) 1.13 (0.85, 1.51) 1.16 (0.87, 1.55) 1.22 (0.91, 1.64)
    2 708 39 (6%) 1.31 (0.92, 1.85) 1.46 (1.03, 2.07) 1.52 (1.06, 2.18)
    3+ 867 57 (7%) 1.75 (1.30, 2.37) 2.03 (1.50, 2.75) 2.08 (1.52, 2.86)
Operative Diagnosis p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001
  Failure: Loose/Wear/Osteolysis 4,173 221 (5%) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (REF)
  Failure: Previous Surgery 713 35 (5%) 1.08 (0.76, 1.54) 1.14 (0.80, 1.63) 1.19 (0.83, 1.70)
  Failure: Fracture 484 37 (8%) 1.85 (1.30, 2.62) 1.78 (1.25, 2.53) 1.86 (1.30, 2.64)
  Failure: Dislocation 719 27 (4%) 1.01 (0.68, 1.51) 0.94 (0.63, 1.40) 0.92 (0.61, 1.38)
  Failure: Nonunion 31 6 (19%) 6.00 (2.66, 13.53) 5.75 (2.54, 12.99) 5.79 (2.55, 13.14)
  Failure: Infection 90 1 (1%) 0.44 (0.06, 3.13) 0.38 (0.05, 2.71) 1.19 (0.83, 1.70)
  Failure: Other 71 3 (4%) 0.81 (0.26, 2.52) 0.72 (0.23, 2.26) 0.77 (0.25, 2.41)
ASA class p=0.06 p=0.14
    1 172
17 (10%) 1.00 (ref)
1.00 (REF)
    2 2,961 172 (6%) 0.71 (0.43, 1.18) 0.75 (0.45, 1.26)
    3 3,018 132 (4%) 0.62 (0.38, 1.03) 0.64 (0.38, 1.09)
    4 97 7 (7%) 1.39 (0.58, 3.36) 1.20 (0.48, 3.09)
Prior Cardiac event p=0.43
    No 5,481 301 (5%) 1.00 (ref)
    Yes 800 29 (4%) 0.86 (0.58, 1.25)
Prior Thromboembolic Event p=0.16 p=0.13
    No 6,043 325 (5%) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (REF)
    Yes 238 5 (2%) 0.53 (0.22, 1.28) 0.50 (0.21, 1.23)