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Table 2 Patient demographics, co-morbidities, and surgical factors relative to DVT incidence after TKA

From: Short-duration chemoprophylaxis might reduce incidence of deep vein thrombosis in Asian patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

Variable

Presence of DVT

Odds ratio

p value

Adjusted odds ratio

Adjusted

p value

Yes (n = 24)

No (n = 292)

Age (years)

   

0.574

1.00 (0.95–1.06)

0.946

 Mean

66.0

65.2

    

 Median

67.5

65.0

    

 SD

8.6

8.5

    

 Range

49–81

41–88

    

Gender

  

2.92 (0.85–10.05)

0.076

5.45 (1.37–3.41)

0.034*

 Female

21 (87.5%)

206 (70.5%)

    

 Male

3 (12.5%)

86 (29.5%)

    

BMI

   

0.356

  

 Mean

29.2

28.6

    

 Median

29.3

28.0

    

 SD

4.7

5.7

    

 Range

18.8–36.5

16.6–51.1

    

Obesity (BMI > 30)

  

1.39 (0.59–3.25)

0.447

0.87 (0.31–2.34)

0.989

 Yes

10 (41.7%)

91 (34.0%)

    

 No

14 (58.3%)

177 (66.0%)

    

Hypertension

  

0.83 (0.36–1.94)

0.673

  

 Yes

14 (58.3%)

183 (62.7%)

    

 No

10 (41.7%)

109 (37.3%)

    

Hyperlipidemia

  

1.15 (0.50–2.69)

0.738

  

 Yes

14 (58.3%)

160 (54.8%)

    

 No

10 (41.7%)

132 (45.2%)

    

Diabetes mellitus

  

1.00 (0.38–2.61)

0.999

  

 Yes

6 (25.0%)

73 (25.0%)

    

 No

18 (75.0%)

219 (75.0%)

    

Ischemic heart disease

  

0.93 (0.26–3.25)

0.905

1.61 (0.23–8.33)

0.587

 Yes

3 (12.5%)

39 (13.4%)

    

 No

21 (87.5%)

253 (86.6%)

    

History of cancer

  

4.49 (1.13–17.85)

0.020*

5.14 (0.92–24.5)

0.044*

 Yes

3 (12.5%)

9 (3.1%)

    

 No

21 (87.5%)

283 (96.9%)

    

Surgical duration (min)

   

0.748

  

 Mean

106.0

106.6

    

 Median

111

104

    

 SD

18.4

20.7

    

 Range

72–140

60–237

    

Length of stay (days)

   

< 0.001***

1.19 (1.08–1.31)

< 0.001***

 Mean

10.2

7.2

    

 Median

8

6

    

 SD

6.5

3.4

    

 Range

4–36

4–28

    

Chemoprophylaxis use

  

0.32 (0.11–0.95)

0.032*

0.19 (0.04–0.61)

0.011*

 Yes

4 (16.7%)

113 (38.7%)

    

 No

20 (83.3%)

179 (61.3%)

    
  1. * denotes p value < 0.05, ** denotes p value < 0.1, *** denotes p value < 0.001