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Table 2 Cohort characteristics of THA/TKA patients with and without current tobacco use

From: Current tobacco use is associated with higher rates of implant revision and deep infection after total hip or knee arthroplasty: a prospective cohort study

 

Current tobacco user

Past tobacco user or never used tobacco

Odds ratio

p-value

(n = 565)

(n = 7361)

(95 % confidence interval)

 

N (%)

N (%)

  

Knee

228 (5.0 %)

4049 (95.0 %)

0.55 (0.46, 0.66)

<0.001

Hip

337 (8.8 %)

3312 (91.2 %)

1.0 (ref)

 

Male

326 (9.3)

3190 (90.7)

1.71 (1.44, 2.04)

<0.001

Female

239 (5.4)

4171 (94.6)

1.0 (ref) a

 

Age ≤60

354 (14.6)

2076 (85.4)

1.0 (ref) a

 

 61–70

143 (5.7)

2379 (94.3)

0.38 (0.30, 0.46)

<0.001

 71–80

56 (2.5)

2170 (97.5)

0.16 (0.12, 0.22)

<0.001

 >80

12 (1.6)

736 (98.4)

0.10 (0.06, 0.18)

<0.001

BMI <25

118 (10.0)

1059 (90.0)

1.0 (ref) a

 

 25–29

157 (6.5)

2261 (93.5)

0.66 (0.51, 0.85)

0.001

 30–34

144 (6.6)

2025 (93.4)

0.70 (0.54, 0.91)

0.008

 35–39

90 (7.3)

1145 (92.7)

0.82 (0.61, 1.09)

0.17

 ≥40

51 (5.7)

838 (94.3)

0.65 (0.46, 0.92)

0.02

Implant fixation

    

 Cemented

124 (5.4)

2185 (94.6)

0.90 (0.62, 1.29)

0.57

 Antibiotic/vacuum

151 (6.0)

2351 (94.0)

0.96 (0.69, 1.32)

0.81

 No cement

290 (9.3)

2825 (90.7)

1.0 (ref) a

 

Charlson Index = 0

309 (8.3)

3425 (91.7)

1.0 (ref) a

 

 >0

256 (6.1)

3936 (93.9)

0.76 (0.63, 0.90)

0.001

ASA class 1

18 (7.8)

213 (92.2)

1.0 (ref) a

 

 2

393 (7.2)

5062 (92.8)

1.05 (0.64, 1.72)

0.85

 3

148 (6.7)

2047 (93.3)

1.00 (0.60, 1.68)

0.99

 4

5 (11.9)

37 (88.1)

1.72 (0.60, 4.95)

0.31

  1. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologist, BMI body mass index in kg/m2, Ref Reference category, SD standard deviation
  2. a the model was adjusted for the joint type (TKA vs. THA)