Table 1 |
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Patient Characteristics (n = 428) |
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Men |
Women |
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n(%) |
n(%) |
p-value |
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103 (24.1) |
325 (75.9) |
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Age in years; mean (SD) |
79.0 (7.0) |
82.7 (6.7) |
< 0.001 |
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Type of fracture* |
0.421 |
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Cervical fracture |
67 (67.0) |
192 (62.5) |
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Trochanteric fracture |
33 (33.0) |
115 (37.5) |
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Type of operation* |
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Prosthesis |
54 (52.4) |
174 (53.7) |
0.821 |
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ORIF |
49 (47.6) |
150 (46.3) |
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Preoperative morbidity |
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Circulatory disease |
64 (62.1) |
227 (69.9) |
0.144 |
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Respiratory disease |
18 (17.5) |
25 (7.7) |
0.004 |
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Malignancy |
17 (16.5) |
23 (7.1) |
0.004 |
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Dementia, Alzheimer's disease |
15 (14.6) |
93 (28.6) |
0.004 |
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Digestive disease |
6 (5.8) |
25 (7.7) |
0.524 |
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Other |
17 (16.5) |
45 (13.9) |
0.504 |
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Follow-up time†; mean (SD) |
3.3 (3.1) |
3.9 (3.0) |
0.077 |
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Died during follow-up |
86 (83.5) |
252 (77.5) |
0.196 |
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Underlying cause of death |
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Circulatory disease |
39 (37.9) |
110 (33.9) |
0.456 |
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Respiratory disease |
13 (12.6) |
31 (9.5) |
0.369 |
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Malignancy |
12 (11.7) |
19 (5.9) |
0.048 |
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Dementia, Alzheimer's disease |
10 (9.7) |
43 (13.2) |
0.344 |
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Digestive disease |
2 (1.9) |
14 (4.3) |
0.270 |
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Other |
10 (9.7) |
35 (10.8) |
0.760 |
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Place of death |
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Hospital, health centre, other care facility |
65 (75.6) |
190 (75.4) |
0.973 |
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Home, dwelling |
7 (8.1) |
7 (2.8) |
0.031 |
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Other (e.g., old people's home) |
14 (16.3) |
54 (21.4) |
0.304 |
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Unknown |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
0.559 |
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SD = standard deviation ORIF = open reduction and internal fixation * Type of fracture unknown for 21 patients and type of operation unknown for 1 patient † Follow-up years from operation to death or end of 2007 |
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Panula et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2011 12:105 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-12-105 |
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