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. 2017 Jan 6;12(1):e0168471. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168471

Table 3. Outcome data comparing orthopedic Hip surgical patients (n = 142) with diabetes versus patients without diabetes.

Hospital Outcomes*# IRR/OR^ (95% CI) p-value
Length of Stay (days, IRR) 0.96 (0.75–1.23) 0.735
ICU Admission (OR) N/A N/A
Inpatient Mortality (OR) 0.33 (0.06–1.80) 0.202
Hospital Readmission at 6 months (OR) 0.94 (0.26–3.40) 0.930
Post-operative Inpatient Complications*# IRR/OR^ (95% CI) p-value
Any Complication (OR) 1.07 (0.40–2.89) 0.893
Acute Renal Failure (OR) 1.85 (0.30–11.27) 0.506
Infection (OR) 2.13 (0.68–6.70) 0.194
Venous Thromboembolism (OR) N/A N/A
Delirium (OR) 1.06 (0.28–3.95) 0.937
Anemia (OR) 1.81 (0.66–4.95) 0.250

* Adjusted for age, gender, Charlson comorbidity score# and CKD-EPI eGFR.

p-values were determined by Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

# Charlson comorbidity score = a validated method of weighting chronic medical conditions (the score for diabetes was excluded as diabetes is included as a separate variable)

^ IRR/OR derived by comparison between patients with diabetes (known and unrecognized) and patients without diabetes (reference category).

Abbreviations: ICU = intensive care unit, IRR = incidence rate ratio (applicable to continuous variables), OR = odds ratio (applicable to categorical variables).