Table 1.
Patient Demographics.
| Total | ORIF + Cables | ORIF | P † | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Patients | 41 | 22 | 19 | |
| Number of Fractures | 42 | 23 | 19 | |
| Fracture Classification, N (%)2 | .002 | |||
| Vancouver B1 | 22 (52) | 17 (74) | 5 (26) | |
| Vancouver B2 | 2 (5) | 1 (4) | 1 (5) | |
| Vancouver B3 | 1 (2) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | |
| Vancouver C | 17 (40) | 4 (17) | 13 (68) | |
| Gender, N (%)1 | .938* | |||
| Female | 24 (59) | 13 (59) | 11 (58) | |
| Male | 17 (41) | 9 (41) | 8 (42) | |
| Race, N (%)1 | 1.000 | |||
| White | 35 (85) | 19 (86) | 16 (84) | |
| African-American | 6 (15) | 3 (14) | 3 (16) | |
| Mean (SD) age at surgery (years) | 69.8 (14.9) | 71.9 (15.6) | 67.3 (14.0) | .150** |
| Mean (SD) BMI (kg/m2) | 28.6 (7.1) | 27.7 (6.4) | 29.6 (8.0) | .638** |
| Mean (SD) State ADI (decile) | 5.0 (3.1) | 5.3 (3.2) | 4.7 (3.1) | .518** |
| Mean (SD) National ADI (percentile) | 70.8 (23.8) | 72.3 (24.5) | 68.9 (23.6) | .472** |
| Diabetic, N (%)1 | .703 | |||
| Yes | 8 (20) | 5 (23) | 3 (16) | |
| No | 33 (80) | 17 (77) | 16 (84) | |
| Peripheral Vascular Disease, N (%)1 | 1.000 | |||
| Yes | 1 (2) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | |
| No | 41 (98) | 21 (95) | 19 (100) | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease N (%)1 | 1.000 | |||
| Yes | 4 (10) | 2 (9) | 2 (11) | |
| No | 37 (90) | 22 (91) | 17 (89) | |
| Tobacco Use, N (%)3 | .606 | |||
| Never | 20 (53) | 12 (57) | 8 (47) | |
| Quit | 12 (32) | 7 (33) | 5 (29) | |
| Smoker | 6 (16) | 2 (10) | 4 (24) | |
| (Missing) | (3) | (1) | (2) | |
| ORIF vs Revision + ORIF, N (%)2 | .614 | |||
| ORIF only | 38 (90) | 20 (87) | 18 (95) | |
| Revision + ORIF | 4 (10) | 3 (13) | 1 (5) |
ORIF, Open Reduction Internal Fixation; BMI, Body Mass Index; ADI, Area Deprivation Index. 1: percent based on number of patients. 2: percent based on number of fractures. 3: percent based on number of non-missing values. †P-values are from the Fisher exact test, *Chi-square test, or **Kruskal-Wallis test.