No Difference in Short-Term Complications following Treatment of Closed Tibial Shaft Fractures with Intramedullary Nailing versus Plate Fixation

Table 3

Odds of developing any adverse event during surgery as related to patient demographics, comorbidities, and procedure.

	Multivariable analysis
	OR coef.	95% CI	value
Overall
Age (1-year intervals)	1.023	1.007–1.040	0.004
Operative time (1 min intervals)	1.006	1.002–1.010	0.003
ASA class
1	Ref	—	—
2	3.428	0.436–26.96	0.242
3	13.367	1.700–105.12	0.014
4	15.343	1.624–145.03	0.017
Preop transfusion
No	Ref	—	—
Yes	5.416	1.786–16.422	0.003
Steroid use
No	Ref	—	—
Yes	3.569	1.606–7.932	0.002
Diabetes mellitus
IDDM	Ref	—	—
NIDDM	0.664	0.288–1.530	0.336
None	0.525	0.290–0.952	0.034

Variables are adjusted for all baseline characteristics. Coef: coefficient; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; ref: reference; ASA: American society of anesthesiology; NIDDM: non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; IDDM: insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.