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. 2022 Sep 15;12(9):e060754. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060754

Table 4.

Risk ratio (RR) for PJI in patients with SSSI

SSSI—no progression to PJI 60 (71%)
SSSI—progression to PJI 24 (29%)
Variable Crude RR (95% CI) P value Adjusted RR (95% CI) P value
Joint
 Hip Ref Ref
 Knee 1.1 (0.4 to 2.9) 0.836 1.3 (0.4 to 3.6) 0.663
Age
 <65 Ref Ref
 ≥65 1.5 (0.6 to 3.9) 0.404 2.0 (0.7 to 6.2) 0.212
ASA class
 ≤2 Ref Ref
 ≥3 3.0 (1.1 to 8.1) 0.030 3.3 (1.0 to 10.3) 0.044
BMI
 BMI<25 Ref Ref
 25≤BMI<30 1.7 (0.6 to 5.0) 0.309 2.3 (0.5 to 9.6) 0.264
 BMI≥30 1.2 (0.5 to 3.1) 0.728 1.8 (0.5 to 7.1) 0.411
Sex
 Women Ref Ref
 Men 2.5 (0.9 to 6.6) 0.065 2.8 (0.9 to 8.3) 0.064
Smoking
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 4.9 (0.5 to 51.1) 0.188 5.3 (0.5 to 54.4) 0.160
Diabetes
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 0.6 (0.2 to 2.0) 0.394 1.3 (0.3 to 5.7) 0.774
Rheumatological disease
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 1.2 (0.4 to 3.8) 0.792 1.1 (0.3 to 4.7) 0.883

Numbers in bold mark statistical significance

ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI, body mass index.