What Are the Risk Factors Associated with Urinary Retention after Orthopaedic Surgery?
Table 2
Comparison of patient demographics between the urinary retention group and nonretention group.
Variables
Retention group (365 patients)
Nonretention group (15831 patients)
value
Age (years)
62.8 ± 20.0
44.7 ± 23.0
<0.001
Sex (male/female)
154/211
7,644/7,672
0.004
Type of anesthesia (general/spinal or epidural)
172/193
7,200/8,116
0.966
Type of surgery (joint arthroplasty versus other types of surgery)
180/185
3,604/11,712
<0.001
History of hypertension (yes/no)
183/182
3,447/11,869
<0.001
History of diabetes mellitus (yes/no)
112/253
1,498/13,818
<0.001
The independent -test or chi square test was used to evaluate the statistical significance in patient demographics between the retention group and nonretention group.
