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. 2023 Oct 17;8:20230036. doi: 10.2490/prm.20230036

Table 1.  Patient characteristics in the independence and non-independence groups.

All patients Independence group Non-independence group P value
(n=314) (n=234) (n=80)
Age, years 80.0 ± 9.5 80.0 ± 9.8 83.5 ± 8.0 0.005
Sex, n (%) 0.129
 Male 100 (32) 69 (30) 31 (39)
 Female 214 (68) 165 (70) 49 (61)
Height, m 1.52 ± 0.1 1.52 ± 0.1 1.51 ± 0.1 0.326
BMI, kg/m2 21.7 ± 4.0 22.1 ± 3.7 20.4 ± 4.6 <0.001
Fracture type, n (%) 0.466
 Femoral neck fracture 230 (73) 174 (74) 56 (70)
 Intertrochanteric fracture 84 (27) 60 (26) 24 (30)
Surgery, n (%) 0.667
 ORIF 88 (28) 64 (27) 24 (30)
 FHR 226 (72) 170 (73) 56 (70)
TMI on admission, kg/m2
 Male 6.3 ± 1.0 6.6 ± 0.9 5.6 ± 1.0 <0.001
 Female 6.0 ± 0.8 6.1 ± 0.8 5.7 ± 1.0 <0.001
ASMI on admission, kg/m2
 Male 6.4 ± 1.2 6.7 ± 1.1 5.9 ± 1.3 0.004
 Female 5.2 ± 0.9 5.3 ± 0.9 4.7 ± 0.8 <0.001
MMSE-J on admission, points 20.2 ± 5.3 21.5 ± 4.9 16.4 ± 4.5 <0.001
MNA-SF, points 8 [6–9] 8 [6–9] 7 [5–8] <0.001
Onset–admission days 22.4 ± 9.7 21.9 ± 8.9 24.1 ± 12.8 0.083
FIM on admission, points 63.9 ± 17.6 69.5 ± 14.6 54.0 ± 17.0 <0.001
Length of hospital stay, days 65.3 ± 26.7 63.4 ± 25.5 70.9 ± 29.2 0.031
Rehabilitation volume, min/day 125.7 ± 22.4 128.1 ± 19.7 118.7 ± 27.9 <0.001
FIM at discharge, points 98.2 ± 22.4 105.1 ± 18.5 77.9 ± 20.5 <0.001

Continuous variables are displayed as mean ± standard deviation. Other data are presented as number (percentage) or median [interquartile range].

ORIF, open reduction and internal fixation; FHR, femoral head replacement.