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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Multivariate analysis of mortality risk factors after proximal femur fractures

From: Factors associated with mortality after proximal femoral fracture

Factor

HR

Lower HR

Upper HR

Chi-square

p-Value

Age 70–74 years

1.08

1.03

1.14

10.26

0.001

Age 75–79 years

1.45

1.38

1.52

242.14

 < .001

Age 80+ years

2.65

2.54

2.77

2078.33

 < .001

Female sex

0.73

0.72

0.74

1059.43

 < .001

Anticoagulant use

0.99

0.96

1.02

0.37

0.542

COPD

1.45

1.42

1.48

1074.94

 < .001

Cerebrovascular disease

1.18

1.15

1.21

198.53

 < .001

Chronic kidney disease

1.29

1.26

1.33

397.18

 < .001

Concomitant fracture

1.05

1.03

1.08

15.22

 < .001

Congestive heart failure

1.54

1.51

1.58

1294.55

 < .001

Diabetes mellitus

1.05

1.03

1.07

19.93

 < .001

Fall-related fracture

0.99

0.97

1.00

1.94

0.164

Hypertensive disease

0.94

0.92

0.96

39.07

 < .001

Insulin use

1.22

1.12

1.34

19.98

 < .001

Ischemic heart disease

1.03

1.01

1.05

7.63

0.006

Morbid obesity

0.84

0.74

0.96

6.91

0.009

Open fracture

1.00

0.94

1.05

0.03

0.869

Osteoporosis

0.84

0.82

0.86

161.93

 < .001

Rheumatoid disease

1.01

0.96

1.07

0.28

0.594

Tobacco dependence

1.14

1.08

1.22

18.15

 < .001

College degree (%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

0.82

0.364

Poverty (%)

1.00

0.99

1.00

3.16

0.076

Unemployed (%)

0.99

0.98

0.99

14.62

 < .001

Median income

0.99

0.98

0.99

22.43

 < .001

  1. HR hazard ratio