Table 3.
Differences in Postoperative Complications of Hip Fracture Repair According to Sex.
| Complication | Total, N = 431 |
Male, n = 116 |
Female, n = 315 |
P- Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | ||||
| Delirium | 147 (34.1) | 52 (44.8) | 95 (30.2) | .004 |
| Urinary tract infection | 77 (17.9) | 22 (19.0) | 55 (17.5) | .69 |
| Congestive heart failure | 48 (11.1) | 16 (13.8) | 32 (10.2) | .28 |
| Pneumonia | 41 (9.5) | 16 (13.8) | 25 (7.9) | .06 |
| Acute renal failure | 39 (9.0) | 17 (14.7) | 22 (7.0) | .01 |
| New arrhythmia | 38 (8.8) | 15 (12.9) | 23 (7.3) | .06 |
| Urinary retentiona | 25 (5.8) | 13 (11.2) | 12 (0.6) | .003 |
| Myocardial infarction | 25 (5.8) | 9 (7.8) | 16 (5.1) | .28 |
| Return to operating room | 12 (2.8) | 4 (21.6) | 8 (13.0) | .63 |
| Falls | 8 (1.9) | 4 (3.4) | 4 (1.3) | .13 |
| Deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism | 7 (1.6) | 2 (1.7) | 5 (1.6) | .92 |
a
Participants discharged from hospital with Foley catheter in place.