Impact of Preoperative Quality of Life and Related Factors on the Development of Surgical Site Infections Following Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Prospective Case-Control Study with a Five-Year Follow-Up
Table 5
Risk factors associated with SSI.
Parameters
SSI
Non-SSI
values
N
N1
N2
Rate (%)
N
Rate (%)
Gender
0.9285
Males
6
3
3
37.5
12
30
Females
10
7
3
62.5
18
45
Age groups
0.0011
>65 years
11
11
0
68.7
27
67.5
≤65 years
5
3
2
31.25
13
32.5
Perioperative factors
Type of intervention (cemented)
11
9
2
68.75
15
37.5
0.4731
Autologous blood transfusion
4
3
1
25
5
12.5
0.8427
Duration of intervention (>90 min)
8
7
1
50
6
15
0.0063
Hospitalisation days (>4 days)
13
12
1
81.25
16
40
0.0033
Chronic disease/comorbidities (total)
0.855
Coronary artery disease
2
1
1
12.5
4
10
0.4984
Diabetes mellitus
3
3
0
18.75
10
25
0.2339
Hypertension
12
11
1
75
25
62.5
0.3306
Thyroid gland disease
6
5
1
37.5
13
32.5
0.0329
Cancer
2
1
1
12.5
3
7.5
0.5066
Recurrent infections
3
2
1
18.75
1
2.5
0.0345 < 0.05
Renal disease
1
1
0
6.25
4
10
0.1419
Blood disease
0
1
0
0
2
5
0.3667
Smoking
1
1
0
6.25
6
15
0.3754
Total number of subjects. Number of subjects treated with TKR. Number of subjects treated with THR.
