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Table 3 Postoperative complications in surviving and deceased patients

From: Factors influencing early and long-term survival following hip fracture among nonagenarians

Complications

Survived (n = 439)

Deceased (n = 98)

p value

Common effect size r

Correlation coefficient (p value)

Number of complications

 No complication

68 (15.5)

10 (10.2)

< 0.001*

0.19

0.16 (< 0.001)*

 1 complication

85 (19.4)

15 (15.3)

 2 complications

98 (22.3)

10 (10.2)

 3 complications

66 (15.0)

15 (15.3)

 4 or more complications

122 (27.8)

48 (49.0)

Clavien Dindo grade

 No complication

68 (15.5)

10 (10.2)

< 0.001*

0.49

0.22 (< 0.001)*

 I

92 (21.0)

17 (17.3)

 II

248 (56.5)

35 (35.7)

 IIIa

6 (1.4)

2 (2.0)

 IIIb

15 (3.4)

3 (3.1)

 IVa

9 (2.1)

4 (4.1)

 IVb

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

 V

0 (0.0)

27 (27.6)

  1. Cochran–Armitage test for trend and Spearman correlation analysis
  2. *Two-sided p value < 0.025