Table 2.

Variations in vitamin C levels in the fracture group.

Variations	Vitamin C M (95% CI, µg/ml)	p-value*
Age (year)
<4	5.51 (4.45–6.92)	0.0056
≥4	3.98 (3.56–4.81)
Sex
Male	4.64 (3.98–5.24)	0.8801
Female	4.30 (3.76–5.23)
Duration after injury (h)
≤6	4.08 (3.57–4.73)	0.0224
>6	5.52 (4.34–6.20)
Fracture site
Upper limb	4.32 (3.89–4.08)	0.4749
Lower limb	4.75 (3.79–614)

^*Mann–Whitney U-test; y, year; h, hour; M, median; CI, confidence interval.