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. 2022 Aug 12;17(8):e0272006. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272006

Table 3. Relative risk and prevalence ratio using the Poisson regression model with robust variance and its respective 95% confidence interval.

Variables Relative Risk (RR) Relative Risk (RR) Adjusted*
RR (95% IC) p-value RR (95% IC) p-value
Block 1 –Demographic
Sex 0.4394 0.5128
    Women 1 - 1 -
    Men 1.18 (0.78–1.79) 0.4394 1.14 (0.77–1.69) 0.5128
Age < 0.0001 < 00001
    60–79 1 - 1 -
    80–89 3.52 (2.00–6.17) < 0.0001 350 (1.99–6.15) < 0.0001
    > 90 6.13 (3.45–10.90) < 0.0001 6.11 (3.44–10.87) < 0.0001
Block 2 –Preoperative
Hemoglobin 0.0334
    ≤ 10 1.85 (1.21–2.81) 0.0041 1.54 (1.03–2.29) 0.0334
    > 10 1 - 1 -
SAH 0.0901 0.2475
No 1 - 1 -
Yes 1.64 (0.92–2.92) 0.0901 1.39 (0.79–2.45) 0.2475
DM 0.1412 0.6915
No 1 - 1 -
Yes 1.36 (0.90–2.06) 0.1412 0.92 (0.63–1.36) 0.6915
Neurological disorders 0.0267 0.5050
No 1 - 1 -
Yes 1.60 (1.06–2.44) 0.0267 1.14 (0.77–1.69) 0.5050
COPD < 0.0001 0.0002
    No 1 - 1 -
Yes 3.04 (1.97–4.69) < 0.0001 2.39 (1.52–3.78) 0.0002
Surgical risk < 0.0001 < 0.0001
    Low to moderate 1 - 1 -
    High 4.43 (2.84–693) <0.0001 3.18 (2.00–5.06) < 0.0001
Femur fracture 0.8222 0.1681
    Intracapsular 1 - 1 -
    Extracapsular 0.95 (0.63–1.44) 0.8222 1.32 (0.89–1.97) 0.1681
Block 3 –Postoperative
Type of surgery < 0.0001 0.0003
Non-surgical 3.47 (2.01–5.99) < 0.0001 2.04 (1.31–3.16) 0.0003
Osteosynthesis 1.27 (0.69–2.32) 0.4431 1.03 (0.64–1.64) 0.9108
Arthroplasty 1 -
Respiratory infection < 0.0001 < 0.0001
No 1 - 1 -
Yes 15.75 (9.26–26.77) < 0.0001 7.27 (3.98–3.26) < 0.0001
Urinary tract infection < 0.0001 < 0.0001
No 1 - 1 -
Yes 2.86 (1.93–4.25) < 0.0001 2.04 (1.44–2.89) < 0.0001
Other infection 0.0024 0.0251
No 1 - 1 -
Yes 2.52 (1.39–4.58) 0.0024 1,98 (1.09–3.62) 0.0251
PTE < 0.0001 0.0202
No 1 - 1 -
Yes 3.72 (2.42–5.74) < 0.0001 1.98 (1.11–3.52) 0.0202
Days in ICU < 0.0001 0.1683
    ≤ 3 1 - 1 -
    > 3 3.61 (2.46–5.31) < 0.0001 1.27 (0.90–1.80) 0.1683