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Results of univariate cox regression method to determine important factor on survival probabilities.
Gender | 470 | 333 (70.1) | 201 (43) | 132 (28) | 64.32 (20–101) | 1.38 [1.112–1.728] | 0.004* | |
Male | 299 | 201 (67) | 1171 ± 109.46 | 63.21 (29–88) | ||||
Female | 171 | 132 (77) | 457 ± 153.76 | 66.32 (20–101) | ||||
Dialysis | 1.535 [1.218–1.936] | 0.001* | ||||||
+ | 336 | 224 (67) | 128 (38) | 96 (29) | 674 ± 174.65 | 61.07 (29–84) | ||
− | 134 | 109 (81) | 73 (54) | 36 (27) | 1132 ± 140.09 | 65.61 (20–101) | ||
Revision surgery | 1.116 [0.868–1.436] | 0.392 | ||||||
+ | 115 | 80 (70) | 50 (43) | 30 (26) | 1147 ± 141.05 | 63.68 (20–86) | ||
− | 355 | 253 (71) | 151 (43) | 102 (29) | 853 ± 118.07 | 64.52 (29–101) | ||
Periferic arterial disease | 1.152 [0.868–1.436] | 0.365 | ||||||
+ | 74 | 48 (65) | 24 (32) | 24 (32) | 1239 ± 311415 | 67.20 (43–89) | ||
− | 396 | 285 (72) | 177 (45) | 108 (27) | 888 ± 105.21 | 63.78 (20–101) | ||
Embolectomy | 0.834 [0.496–1.401] | 0.492 | ||||||
+ | 24 | 15 (63) | 10 (42) | 5 (21) | 1567 ± 317.49 | 71.13 (46–89) | ||
− | 446 | 318 (71) | 191 (43) | 127 (28) | 893 ± 104.52 | 63.95 (20–101) | ||
Angiography | 1.262 [1.011–1.575] | 0.040* | ||||||
+ | 191 | 126 (66) | 71 (37) | 55 (29) | 1208 ± 116.15 | 64.72 (32–101) | ||
− | 279 | 207 (74) | 130 (47) | 77 (28) | 734 ± 126.95 | 64.04 (20–90) | ||
Previous amputation surgery | 240 | 94 (39) | 61 (25) | 33 (14) | 1029 ± 155.08 | 63.51 (31–89) | 1.060 [0.834–1.346] | 0.634 |
Small bone and joint amputation | 93 | 65 (70) | 45 (48) | 20 (22) | 906 ± 182.61 | 62.77 (31–89) | 1.025 [0.779–1.350] | 0.859 |
Middle bone and joint amputation | 47 | 29 (62) | 16 (34) | 13 (28) | 1196 ± 312.10 | 64.98 (40–84) | 0.800 [0.545–1.178] | 0.260 |
Above to knee amputation | 132 | 96 (73) | 64 (48) | 32 (24) | 674 ± 190.66 | 64.28 (32–88) | 1.054 [0.830–1.337] | 0.667 |
Side | ||||||||
Right vs bilateral | 214 | 155 (73) | 89 (42) | 66 (31) | 906 ± 179.36 | 65.60 (20–90) | 0.837 [0.603–1.161] | 0.286 |
Left vs bilateral | 188 | 120 (64) | 71 (38) | 49 (26) | 960 ± 160.77 | 63.40 (36–87) | 0.693 [0.494–0.972] | 0.034 |
Bilateral | 56 | 47 (84) | 32 (57) | 15 (27) | 876 ± 264.44 | 62.25 (29–101) |