Preoperative comorbidities in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery with spinal or general anesthesia.
| Spinal anesthesia (n=1463) | General anesthesia (n=974) | P value | |
| Myocardial infarction, n (%) | 225 (15.4) | 155 (15.9) | 0.765 |
| Congestive heart failure, n (%) | 265 (18.1) | 160 (16.4) | 0.308 |
| Peripheral vascular disease, n (%) | 110 (7.5) | 69 (7.1) | 0.746 |
| Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) | 360 (24.6) | 233 (23.9) | 0.735 |
| Dementia, n (%) | 360 (24.6) | 211 (21.7) | 0.103 |
| COPD, n (%) | 139 (9.5) | 84 (8.6) | 0.507 |
| Connective tissue disease, n (%) | 29 (2.0) | 11 (1.1) | 0.144 |
| Peptic ulcer disease, n (%) | 128 (8.7) | 121 (12.4) | 0.004 |
| Liver disease, n (%) | 11 (0.8) | 20 (2.1) | 0.009 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 0.851 | ||
| Uncomplicated | 98 (6.7) | 63 (6.5) | |
| End-organ damage | 123 (8.4) | 88 (9.0) | |
| Hemiplegia, n (%) | 40 (2.7) | 29 (3.0) | 0.818 |
| Chronic kidney disease, n (%) | 106 (7.2) | 71 (7.3) | 1.00 |
| Cancer, n (%) | 0.297 | ||
| Local tumor | 298 (20.4) | 185 (19.0) | |
| Metastatic | 37 (2.5) | 34 (3.5) | |
| Leukemia, n (%) | 10 (0.7) | 7 (0.7) | 1.00 |
| Lymphoma, n (%) | 8 (0.5) | 4 (0.4) | 0.772 |
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.;