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Table 5 Unmatched analysis—in-hospital complications of dialysis patients and the control group

From: Total knee arthroplasty in dialysis patients: a national in-patient sample-based study of perioperative complications

Post-operative variables

Dialysis group (418)

Control group (557,953)

Odds ratio (dialysis/control group)

Odds ratio 95% confidence interval

Significance

Died during hospitalization

0.2%

197 (0.03%)

6.8

(1, 48.5)

 < 0.001

Acute renal failure

0.7%

11,082 (2%)

0.4

(0.1, 1.1)

0.1

Myocardial infarction

0

109 (0.01%)

0.99

(0.99, 0.99)

0.8

Blood loss anemia

90 (21.5%)

85,467 (15.3%)

1.5

(1.2, 1.9)

 < 0.001

Pneumonia

0.5%

1086 (0.2%)

2.5

(0.6, 9.9)

0.19

Blood transfusion

45 (10.8%)

8209 (1.5%)

8.1

(5.9, 11)

 < 0.001

Pulmonary embolism

0

1238 (0.2%)

0.99

(0.99, 0.99)

0.34

Deep vein thrombosis

0.7%

1260 (0.2%)

2.1

(0.5, 8.5)

0.28

Periprosthetic fracture

5 (2%)

2358 (0.4%)

2.9

(1.2, 6.9)

0.02

Periprosthetic dislocation

2%

4257 (0.8%)

1.6

(0.7, 3.8)

0.31

Periprosthetic infection

23 (5.5%)

5779 (1%)

5.6

(3.7, 8.5)

 < 0.001

Periprosthetic mechanical complication

2%

4499 (0.8%)

1.5

(0.6, 3.6)

0.37

  1. Bolded values indicate statistical significance
  2. Numbers between 1 and 10 were not reported as per healthcare cost and utilization project (HUCP) data agreement