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Table 6.

Multivariable analysis^a for risk of osteomyelitis in adult trauma patients.

Risk factor	OR	CI	p value
Closed femur shaft fracture	0.82	0.43–1.58	0.55
Open femur shaft fracture	1.54	0.75–3.19	0.24
Femur major surgery	1.37	0.85–2.22	0.19
Closed tibia/fibula shaft fracture	1.28	0.79–2.07	0.32
Open tibia/fibula shaft fracture	1.21	0.71–2.04	0.49
*Tibia/fibula major surgery*	*5.31*	*3.81–7.41*	*<0.001*
*Closed humerus shaft fracture*	*0.18*	*0.04–0.79*	*<0.05*
Open humerus shaft fracture	2.03	0.83–4.97	0.12
*Humerus major surgery*	*2.74*	*1.57–4.77*	*<0.001*
Age ≥65	0.81	0.51–1.29	0.37
Steroid use	0.98	0.77–1.22	0.45
Positive BAC on admission	0.92	0.69–1.23	0.55
*Positive illegal drug screen on admission*	*1.57*	*1.20–2.08*	*<0.05*
*Smoker*	*1.94*	*1.44–2.62*	*<0.001*
*Hypotension on admission*	*2.08*	*1.37–3.14*	*<0.05*
*Diabetes*	*2.10*	*1.42–3.12*	*<0.001*
*ESRD*	*3.37*	*1.04–10.90*	*<0.05*
*ISS≥25*	*2.29*	*1.67–3.14*	*<0.001*
*Blood transfusion*	*3.74*	*2.74–5.10*	*<0.001*
Peripheral arterial disease	1.88	0.26–13.81	0.54
Pseudomonas bacteremia	3.45	0.34–8.59	0.98
*Non-pseudomonas bacteremia*	*9.30*	*3.74–23.10*	*<0.001*

BAC = blood alcohol concentration, ESRD = end-stage renal disease, ISS = injury severity score.

 = controlled for diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, steroid use, smoker, positive blood alcohol concentration on admission, positive illegal drug screen on admission, age ≥65, end-stage renal disease, blood transfusion, bacteremia, hypotension on admission, major bone surgery and injury severity score ≥25.