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. 2018 May 7;15(2):645–649. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2018.05.021

Table 1.

Relative risk for prolonged length of stay, extremely prolonged length of stay, and index hospitalization mortality stratified by comorbidity subgroup among primary and revision TJA patients in the United States, 2006–2014.

Prolonged LOS (≥5 days)
Extremely Prolonged LOS (≥10 days)
Index Hospitalization Mortality
RR P Value RR P Value RR P Value
Primary Hip
Minor 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate 1.98 (1.96–2.00) <0.0001 1.36 (1.34–1.39) <0.0001 8.79 (6.88–11.23) <0.0001
Major 3.78 (3.74–3.83) <0.0001 3.09 (3.01–3.19) <0.0001 93.13 (74.65–116.19) <0.0001
Extreme 5.40 (5.33–5.48) <0.0001 7.25 (7.02–7.49) <0.0001 780.85 (634.05–961.63) <0.0001
Primary Knee
Minor 1.00 1.00 –j 1.00
Moderate 1.72 (1.71–1.74) <0.0001 1.10 (1.08–1.12) <0.0001 3.86 (3.15–4.75) <0.0001
Major 3.67 (3.63–3.72) <0.0001 2.19 (2.12–2.26) <0.0001 37.78 (31.38–45.49) <0.0001
Extreme 5.62 (5.55–5.70) <0.0001 6.62 (6.42–6.83) <0.0001 494.87 (425.80–575.15) <0.0001
Revision Hip
Minor 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate 1.79 (1.76–1.82) <0.0001 1.78 (1.72–1.84) <0.0001 9.26 (6.02–14.25) <0.0001
Major 2.63 (2.59–2.67) <0.0001 3.73 (3.60–3.87) <0.0001 62.01 (41.43–92.79) <0.0001
Extreme 3.01 (2.96–3.06) <0.0001 6.36 (6.12–6.61) <0.0001 443.85 (301.26–653.92) <0.0001
Revision Knee
Minor 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate 1.94 (1.90–1.98) <0.0001 1.70 (1.63–1.78) <0.0001 6.44 (3.52–11.75) <0.0001
Major 3.36 (3.29–3.43) <0.0001 4.05 (3.86–4.25) <0.0001 46.54 (26.82–80.76) <0.0001
Extreme 4.32 (4.23–4.40) <0.0001 8.61 (8.21–9.02) <0.0001 517.76 (314.67–851.92) <0.0001

The values are given as relative risk with 95% CI in parentheses.