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. 2013 Nov 26;472(5):1638–1644. doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3394-8

Table 7.

Additional risk on mortality with every increasing CCI score (%) per orthopaedic subspecialty

Orthopaedic subspecialty Additional risk 95% CI p value
Lower Upper
Arthroplasty 0.01 −0.00031 0.0005 0.667
Foot and ankle −0.01 −0.001 0.0011 0.836
Hand and upper extremity −0.02 −0.00095 0.0006 0.706
Shoulder 0.25 0.0013 0.0036 < 0.001
Spine 0.00 −0.001 0.001 0.953
Sports −0.01 −0.001 0.0009 0.896
Pediatrics 0.05 −0.005 0.0055 0.847
Trauma 0.24 0.0016 0.0033 < 0.001
Oncology 0.33 0.0024 0.0042 < 0.001
R-square 0.099

N = 30,129; CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index.