Table 1 The demographic and clinical characteristics.

From: The waiting time of admission to operation was associated with preoperative deep vein thrombosis in geriatric hip fracture

ATO

ATO ≤ 2d

2 d < ATO ≤ 4d

ATO > 4d

P-value

P-value*

N

443

726

566

  

Age (year)

79.39 ± 6.74

79.25 ± 6.87

79.22 ± 6.79

0.92

0.89

Sex

   

0.50

 Male

127 (28.7%)

203 (28.0%)

175 (30.9%)

  

 Female

316 (71.3%)

523 (72.0%)

391 (69.1%)

  

 ATO (d)

1.91 ± 0.29

3.51 ± 0.50

6.78 ± 2.50

< 0.01

< 0.01

Injury mechanism

   

0.29

 Falling

426 (96.2%)

709 (97.7%)

545 (96.3%)

  

 Accident

13 (2.9%)

16 (2.2%)

16 (2.8%)

  

 Other

4 (1.0%)

1 (0.1%)

5 (0.9%)

  

Fracture classification

   

0.40

 Intertrochanteric fracture

282 (63.7%)

434 (59.8%)

342 (60.4%)

  

 Femoral neck fracture

161 (36.3%)

292 (40.2%)

224 (39.6%)

  

aCCI

4.06 ± 1.03

4.15 ± 1.07

4.32 ± 1.13

< 0.01

< 0.01

Hypertension

195 (44.0%)

374 (51.5%)

307 (54.2%)

< 0.01

Diabetes

65 (14.7%)

140 (19.3%)

138 (24.4%)

< 0.01

CHD

202 (45.6%)

349 (48.1%)

329 (58.1%)

< 0.01

Arrhythmia

118 (26.6%)

196 (27.0%)

212 (37.5%)

< 0.01

Hemorrhagic stroke

8 (1.8%)

15 (2.1%)

7 (1.2%)

0.5

Ischemic stroke

125 (28.2%)

216 (29.8%)

188 (33.2%)

0.20

Cancer

9 (2.0%)

17 (2.3%)

21 (3.7%)

0.19

Associated injuries

27 (6.1%)

56 (7.7%)

42 (7.4%)

0.57

Dementia

16 (3.6%)

26 (3.6%)

25 (4.4%)

0.71

COPD

17 (3.8%)

38 (5.2%)

42 (7.4%)

0.04

Hepatitis

11 (2.5%)

18 (2.5%)

21 (3.7%)

0.36

Gastritis

5 (1.1%)

10 (1.4%)

11 (1.9%)

0.54

Treatment strategy

   

0.21

 ORIF

281 (63.4%)

441 (60.7%)

341 (60.3%)

  

 HA

157 (35.4%)

262 (36.1%)

213 (37.6%)

  

 THA

5 (1.1%)

23 (3.2%)

12 (2.1%)

  

Time to admission (h)

103.70 ± 330.52

10 (1–5040)

76.18 ± 205.61

9 (1–2160)

68.05 ± 178.58

13 (1–2880)

0.05

0.21

Time to chemoprophylaxis after admission (h)

4 (1–7)

5 (1–9)

4 (1–8)

0.99

0.96

Chemoprophylaxis

   

0.44

 Enoxaparin sodium

171 (38.6%)

266 (36.6%)

210 (37.1%)

  

 Nadroparin calcium

164 (37.0%)

260 (35.8%)

215 (38.0%)

  

 Dalteparin sodium

66 (14.9%)

114 (15.7%)

95 (16.8%)

  

 Other

42 (9.5%)

86 (11.8%)

46 (8.1%)

  

Mechanical thromboprophylaxis

   

0.60

 Venous foot pumps

89 (20.0%)

164 (22.6%)

122 (21.5%)

  

 Lower extremities Intermittent pneumatic compression

354 (80.0%)

562 (77.4%)

444 (78.5%)

  

Operation time (mins)

90.11 ± 31.87

93.09 ± 32.55

97.74 ± 38.37

< 0.01

< 0.01

Blood loss (mL)

226.60 ± 149.28

242.20 ± 138.91

240.19 ± 163.28

0.21

0.03

Infusion (mL)

1566.93 ± 381.91

1573.95 ± 374.84

1621.19 ± 382.30

0.04

0.08

Transfusion (U)

0.86 ± 1.19

0.93 ± 1.19

0.98 ± 1.26

0.25

0.27

Preoperative DVT

142 (32.1%)

200 (27.6%)

201 (35.5%)

< 0.01

  1. Mean + standard deviation/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.