Table 5.

Comparison of haemoglobin level between patients with hip fracture who sustained a post operative complication and those who did not

Post-operative complication	Mean Haemoglobin (g/dL) of patients with post-operative complications (SD)	Mean Haemoglobin (g/dL) of patients without post-operative complications (SD)	p value*
Pneumonia	12.06 (1.4) n = 44	11.86 (1.3) n = 619	0.36
Urinary Tract Infection	11.89 (1.8) n = 44	11.88 (1.3) n = 619	0.95
Bacteraemia	12.11 (1.4) n = 51	11.86 (1.3) n = 612	0.23
Surgical Site Infection	12.12 (1.2) n = 39	11.86 (1.4) n = 624	0.28
Cardiac Related complications	12.1 (1.7) n = 23	11.87 (1.38) n = 640	0.47
Respiratory insufficiency	11.85 (1.5) n = 57	11.88 (1.38) n = 606	0.86
Renal Failure	11.85 (1.2) n = 23	11.88 (1.4) n = 640	0.92
Cerebro-vascular accident	12.24 (1.5) n = 13	11.87 (1.39) n = 640	0.38

*Two sample t-test