Table 1 The demographic and clinical characteristics.

From: The admission pH is a risk factor of preoperative deep vein thrombosis in geriatric hip fracture: a retrospective cohort study

pH tertiles

Low

Middle

High

P value

P value*

N

365

531

569

  

Age (year)

79.64 ± 6.74

79.71 ± 6.84

80.07 ± 6.78

0.554

0.673

pH value

7.39 ± 0.02

7.43 ± 0.01

7.47 ± 0.02

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Sex

   

0.314

 Male

119 (32.60%)

157 (29.57%)

159 (27.94%)

  

 Female

246 (67.40%)

374 (70.43%)

410 (72.06%)

  

Injury mechanism

   

0.071

 Falling

350 (95.89%)

515 (96.99%)

550 (96.66%)

  

 Accident

15 (4.11%)

13 (2.45%)

12 (2.11%)

  

 Other

0 (0.00%)

3 (0.56%)

7 (1.23%)

  

Fracture classification

   

0.148

 Intertrochanteric fracture

219 (60.00%)

331 (62.34%)

318 (55.89%)

  

 Femoral neck fracture

137 (37.53%)

194 (36.53%)

239 (42.00%)

  

 Subtrochanteric fracture

9 (2.47%)

6 (1.13%)

12 (2.11%)

  

Hypertension

170 (46.58%)

253 (47.65%)

292 (51.32%)

0.294

Diabetes

92 (25.21%)

85 (16.01%)

98 (17.22%)

0.001

CHD

174 (47.67%)

255 (48.02%)

308 (54.13%)

0.066

Arrhythmia

115 (31.51%)

153 (28.81%)

187 (32.86%)

0.341

Hemorrhagic stroke

3 (0.82%)

8 (1.51%)

11 (1.93%)

0.395

Ischemic stroke

106 (29.04%)

141 (26.55%)

204 (35.85%)

0.003

Cancer

5 (1.37%)

21 (3.95%)

11 (1.93%)

0.027

Multiple injuries

24 (6.58%)

38 (7.16%)

42 (7.38%)

0.894

Dementia

8 (2.19%)

18 (3.39%)

31 (5.45%)

0.032

COPD

30 (8.22%)

29 (5.46%)

28 (4.92%)

0.097

Hepatitis

8 (2.19%)

15 (2.82%)

22 (3.87%)

0.322

Gastritis

5 (1.37%)

11 (2.07%)

7 (1.23%)

0.501

aCCI

4.25 ± 1.10

4.14 ± 1.10

4.32 ± 1.09

0.023

0.029

Time to operation (d)

4 (1–20)

4 (1–34)

4 (1–18)

0.037

0.132

Time to admission (h)

8 (1–5040)

10 (1–2880)

24 (1–1440)

0.714

 < 0.001

Glomerular filtration rate (ml/min)

71.96 ± 21.07

77.22 ± 18.14

79.96 ± 15.17

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Urea (mmol/L)

7.00 ± 3.08

6.83 ± 2.81

6.38 ± 2.41

0.001

0.003

Creatinine (umol/L)

76.17 ± 36.03

68.83 ± 23.84

65.12 ± 20.41

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Cystatin C (mg/L)

0.89 ± 0.38

0.83 ± 0.30

0.80 ± 0.25

 < 0.001

0.021

Prothrombin time (s)

12.74 ± 1.41

12.74 ± 1.70

12.85 ± 1.01

0.348

0.006

INR

1.08 ± 0.24

1.08 ± 0.16

1.08 ± 0.10

0.721

0.072

Activated partial thromboplastin time (s)

30.02 ± 5.32

29.80 ± 5.03

30.15 ± 4.66

0.501

0.185

Thrombin time (s)

17.23 ± 3.69

16.93 ± 1.93

16.61 ± 1.30

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

DVT

107 (29.32%)

171 (32.20%)

198 (34.80%)

0.214

  1. Mean + standard deviation/Median (min–max)/N(%). P value*: For continuous variables, we used the Kruskal–Wallis rank-sum test and Fisher’s exact probability test for count variables with a theoretical number of < 10.