Clinical Study

Hip Fracture Mortality: Is It Affected by Anesthesia Techniques?

Table 3

Summary of Cox regression analyses.

VariableSignificanceOdds ratio

Age0.008*1.030
Sex0.2870.820
ASA status0.033*1.432
Delay in surgery0.021*1.020
Anesthesia type0.003*
GA versus CPNB (Cox 1)0.005*0.537
GA versus NB (Cox 1)0.012*0.508
GA + NB versus CPNB (Cox 2)0.029*0.627**
GA + CPNB versus NB (Cox 3)0.0680.619

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**Odds ratio <1 is associated with decreased hazard of the event (in this case “CPNB choice is associated with decreased mortality”).