Research Article
Diabetes and Risk of Post-Fragility Hip Fracture Outcomes in Elderly Patients
Table 2
Comparison of short-term outcome after fracture in the two groups of patients.
| | | Nondiabetic (N = 483) | Diabetic (N = 161) | value |
| | Complications | | | | | Cardiac diseases (n (%)) | 9 (1.9) | 2 (1.2) | 0.586 | | Cerebrovascular accidents (n (%)) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0.283 | | Pneumonia (n (%)) | 20 (4.1) | 9 (5.6) | 0.443 | | Deep vein thrombosis (n (%)) | 7 (1.4) | 7 (4.3) | 0.029 | | Urinary tract infections (n (%)) | 8 (1.7) | 10 (6.2) | 0.002 | | Wound infection (n (%)) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 1.000 | | Pulmonary embolism (n (%)) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 1.000 | | Transient delirium (n (%)) | 6 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0.485 | | Pressure ulcer (n (%)) | 6 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0.485 | | Postoperative hospital stays (days) | 9.00 (7.0–12.0) | 11.00 (7.0–15.0) | 0.05 | | Total hospital stays (days) | 15.0 (12.0–19.0) | 17.0 (14.0–23.5) | <0.001 | | Total cost (CNY × 104) | 11.5 (6.2–14.0) | 13.0 (8.4–15.7) | 0.011 | | Discharge destination (n (%)) | | | 0.377 | | Rehabilitation unit | 32 (6.6%) | 14 (8.7%) | | | Home | 451 (93.4%) | 147 (91.3%) | | | Duration of rehabilitation unit duration | 32 (21.3–51.5) | 29 (24.0–53.0) | 0.830 |
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Data are represented as median (IQR) or n (%). CNY, Chinese yuan.
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