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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Cox proportional hazard regression models for reinfection-free survival and overall survival

From: Evaluation of time to reimplantation as a risk factor in two-stage revision with static spacers for periprosthetic knee joint infection

 

Description

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

p value*

Reinfection-free survival

Model 1 (n = 157)

 Time to reimplantation

 > 94 days vs. ≤ 94 days

2.83 (1.40–5.68)

0.0036

 CCI

x + 1 vs. x value

1.12 (0.93–1.35)

0.2250

 CRP (at first stage)

x + 1 mg/dl vs. x mg/dl

1.01 (0.98–1.04)

0.4794

Model 2 (n = 163)

 Time to reimplantation (continuous)

x + 1 vs. x days

1.004 (1.002–1.007)

0.0068

x + 7 vs. x days

1.03 (1.01–1.05)

x + 30 vs. x days

1.14 (1.05–1.23)

Overall survival

Model 3 (n = 157)

 Time to reimplantation

 > 94 days vs. ≤ 94 days

1.92 (0.82—4.51)

0.1321

 CCI

x + 1 vs. x value

1.45 (1.18—1.78)

0.0004

 CRP (at first stage)

x + 1 mg/dl vs. x mg/dl

0.98 (0.94—1.02)

0.3530

  1. Bold font indicates p values ≤ 0.05
  2. * p values were obtained from the Wald test
  3. CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, CI confidence interval, CRP serum C-reactive protein