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Table 2 Risk of infection within 30 days of the third postoperative day

From: Impact of postoperative intravenous iron therapy on postoperative infections in older patients with severe anaemia after hip fracture surgery

 

Risk (%) (95% CI)

Relative risk (95% CI)

p-value

Infection within 30 days

 No treatment

35.2 (95% CI: 19.9 – 50.5)

Reference

NA

 Monofer alone

35.7 (95% CI: 21.9 – 49.4)

1.01 (95% CI: 0.37 – 1.66)

0.97

 Transfusion alone

42.3 (95% CI: 26.1 – 58.5)

1.20 (95% CI: 0.54 – 1.86)

0.55

 Both

46.7 (95% CI: 29.1 – 64.3)

1.33 (95% CI: 0.48 – 2.17)

0.45

  1. Adjusted for age, sex, CCI, polypharmacy, type of fracture, type of surgery, use of anticoagulants, haemoglobin at the 3rd postoperative day, and period of inclusion
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