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. 2024 Aug 14;14:18913. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-70108-z

Table 2.

Association between patients' age and other variables. Significant values are in bold.

Variables (N = 241) Age groups (years) Total Test statistic (χ2) p-value
 ≤ 70 (n = 133) n (%)  > 70 n = 108) n (%)
Cause of injury Fall 46 (37.7) 76 (62.3) 122 30.532 0.000
Assault & RTC 87 (73.1) 32 (26.9) 119
Duration of injury  ≤ 3 weeks 92 (52.3) 84 (47.7) 176 2.241 0.134
 > 3 weeks 41 (63.1) 24 (36.9) 65
Comorbidity? None 60 (47.2) 67 (52.8) 127 6.849 0.009
Yes 73 (64.0) 41 (36.0) 114
Femur fracture location (n = 161) (n = 72) (n = 89)
Proximal end segment 37 (33.9) 72 (66.1) 109 16.118 0.000
Diaphyseal segment 29 (69.0) 13 (31.0) 42
Distal end segment 6 (60.0) 4 (40.0) 10