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. 2014 May 28;473(1):175–182. doi: 10.1007/s11999-014-3685-8

Table 6.

Potentially associated factors in multivariate analysis for acute periprosthetic joint infection complicating aseptic revision arthroplasty

Variable Odds ratio 95% confidence interval p value
Age (younger worse) 0.923 0.864–0.987 0.0189
Sex (male versus female) 2.351 0.541–10.407 0.26
Body mass index 0.935 0.846–1.033 0.1873
Charlson Comorbidity Index 0.610 0.290–1.284 0.1928
Insurance type
(nonprivate versus private)
8.982 0.808–99.87 0.074
Race (white versus nonwhite) 5.365 0.567–50.793 0.143
Laboratory parameters suggestive of malnutrition (yes versus no) 5.858 1.317–26.057 0.0202