Morbidity and Mortality following Surgery for Hip Fractures in Elderly Patients

Table 5

Multivariate regression analysis of different variables significantly related to postoperative 6-month mortality after hip fracture.

	B	Standard error	Significance	Odds	95% CI for odds
					Lower	Upper
Bathing	−0.58	0.67	0.39	0.56	0.150	2.090
Continence	−0.06	1.79	0.97	0.94	0.028	31.640
Transportation	3.85	2.09	0.07	46.98	0.783	2820.39
Shopping	−4.13	2.18	0.06	0.016	0.001	1.14
Housekeeping	−0.88	1.45	0.55	0.42	0.025	7.074
Taking medications	−0.58	1.25	0.64	0.56	0.049	6.39
Money handling	1.74	1.19	0.14	5.79	0.552	58.78
Ambulation	−4.13	1.49	0.006	0.016	0.001	0.29
Postoperative ICU admission	3.32	1.67	0.04	27.68	1.037	7339.29
Complications	−9.31	50.33	0.85	0.001	0.001	6.236
Constant	0.36	0.92	0.69	1.44