Table 2.
Differences in the distribution of postoperative complications between patients with low sarcopenia index and high sarcopenia index
| Characteristics | Total n = 897 |
Internal fixation n = 556 |
Joint replacement n = 341 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI<74.29 | SI ≥ 74.29 | p | SI<74.34 | SI ≥ 74.34 | p | SI<74.16 | SI ≥ 74.16 | p | |
| Pneumonia,n(%) | 0.223 | 0.873 | 0.025 | ||||||
| no | 389(86.6) | 400(89.3) | 244(87.5) | 241(87) | 146(85.4) | 158(92.9) | |||
| yes | 60(13.4) | 48(10.7) | 35(12.5) | 36(13) | 25(14.6) | 12(7.1) | |||
| Urinary tract infection,n(%) | 0.617 | 0.991 | 0.414 | ||||||
| no | 440(98) | 441(98.4) | 274(98.2) | 272(98.2) | 167(97.7) | 168(98.8) | |||
| yes | 9(2) | 7(1.6) | 5(1.8) | 5(1.8) | 4(2.3) | 2(1.2) | |||
| Respiratory failure,n(%) | 0.777 | 0.992 | 0.657 | ||||||
| no | 443(98.7) | 441(98.4) | 275(98.6) | 273(98.6) | 168(98.3) | 168(98.8) | |||
| yes | 6(1.3) | 7(1.6) | 4(1.4) | 4(1.4) | 3(1.7) | 2(1.2) | |||
| Heart failure,n(%) | 0.279 | 0.697 | 0.249 | ||||||
| no | 444(98.9) | 439(98) | 276(98.9) | 273(98.6) | 169(98.8) | 165(97.1) | |||
| yes | 5(1.1) | 9(2) | 3(1.1) | 4(1.4) | 2(1.2) | 5(2.9) | |||
| Non-a-gradehealing,n(%) | 0.995 | 0.411 | 0.101 | ||||||
| no | 433(96.4) | 432(96.4) | 268(96.1) | 262(94.6) | 166(97.08) | 169(99.4) | |||
| yes | 16(3.6) | 16(3.6) | 11(3.9) | 15(5.4) | 5(2.92) | 1(0.6) | |||