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Demographic variables and co-morbidity (n = 54)
| Mean age in years (SD) | 80.9 (7.8) | |
| Gender, n (%) | Male | 10 (18.5) |
| Female | 44 (81.5) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | Single | 6 (11.1) |
| Married | 16 (29.6) | |
| Widowed | 31 (57.4) | |
| Type of hip fracture, n (%) | Intra-capsular | 7 (13.0) |
| Extra-capsular | 47 (87.0) | |
| Co-morbidities, n (%) | Dementia | 7 (12.9) |
| Depression | 5 (9.3) | |
| Cardiac | 8 (14.8) | |
| Pulmonary | 8 (14.8) | |
| Hypertension | 11 (20.4) | |
| Diabetes | 9 (16.7) | |
| Other | 15 (27.7) |
