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Table 4 Correlations between preoperative comorbidities and postoperative anesthesia/medical-status-related complications

From: Hypoalbuminemia and obesity class II are reliable predictors of peri-prosthetic joint infection in patient undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty

Preoperative comorbidities

Systemic infection

ICU admission

Cerebrovascular accident

Acute renal failure

Deep vein thrombosis

Pulmonary embolism

Cardiovascular complications

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Low total lymphocyte count (TLC)

 Yes

6 (35.3)

175 (33.3)

1 (100.0)

180 (33.3)

0

180 (33.3)

0

180 (33.3)

6 (40.0)

175 (33.2)

1 (50.0)

180 (33.3)

0

181 (33.7)

 No

11 (64.7)

350 (66.7)

0

361 (66.7)

0

361 (66.7)

0

361 (66.7)

9 (60.0)

352 (66.8)

1 (50.0)

360 (66.7)

5 (100.0)

356 (66.3)

Hypoalbuminemia

 Yes

0

17 (2.8)

0

17 (2.7)

0

17 (2.7)

0

17 (2.7)

0

17 (2.8)

0

17 (2.7)

0

17 (2.8)

 No

17 (100.0)

590 (97.2)

1 (100.0)

606 (97.3)

0

606 (97.3)

1 (100.0)

606 (97.3)

16 (100.0)

591 (97.2)

2 (100.0)

605 (97.3)

7 (100.0)

600 (97.2)

BMI

 Underweight

0

7 (1.7)

0

7 (1.6)

0

7 (1.6)

0

7 (1.6)

0

7 (1.7)

0

7 (1.6)

0

7 (1.6)

 Normal

2 (13.3)

52 (12.4)

0

54 (12.5)

0

54 (12.5)

0

54 (12.5)

0

54 (12.8)

0

54 (12.5)

1 (25.0)

53 (12.4)

 Overweight

1 (6.7)

63 (15.1)

0

64 (14.8)

0

64 (14.8)

0

64 (14.8)

3 (30.0)

61 (14.4)

0

64 (14.8)

1 (25.0)

63 (14.7)

 Obesity I

7 (46.7)

185 (44.3)

0

192 (44.3)

0

192 (44.3)

0

192 (44.3)

4 (40.0)

188 (44.4)

0

192 (44.4)

1 (25.0)

191 (44.5)

 Obesity II

5 (33.3)

111 (26.6)

0

116 (26.8)

0

116 (26.8)

0

116 (26.8)

3 (30.0)

113 (26.7)

1 (100.0)

115 (26.6)

1 (25.0)

115 (26.8)

  1. Keys:
  2. Low TLC defined as TLC < 1500 cells/mm3
  3. Hypoalbuminemia defined as preoperative serum albumin < 3.5 g/dL
  4. ICU intensive care unit