Table 4.

 Patient in internal fixation group who healed uneventfully (n=53) compared with those in hemiarthroplasty group

	Healed internal fixation	Hemiarthroplasty	Mean difference or relative risk (95% CI)	P value
Mean (SD) Harris hip score
At 4 months	63.4 (14.8) (n=37)	67.7 (15.8) (n=84)	4.4 (−1.7 to 10.4)	0.16
At 12 months	63.7 (16.7) (n=37)	72.6 (17.5) (n=74)	8.8 (1.9 to 15.7)	0.01
At 24 months	63.9 (12.0) (n=29)	70.6 (19.1) (n=68)	6.7 (0.3 to 13.1)	0.04
Mean (SD) Eq-5d index score and visual analogue scale
Index score:
At 4 months	0.58 (0.22) (n=29)	0.61 (0.30) (n=70)	0.03 (−0.10 to 0.15)	0.67
At 12 months	0.57 (0.32) (n=27)	0.65 (0.30) (n=62)	0.08 (−0.06 to 0.22)	0.26
At 24 months	0.48 (0.41) (n=17)	0.72 (0.23) (n=52)	0.24 (0.02 to 0.46)	0.03
Visual analogue scale:
At 4 months	56 (15.2) (n=26)	62 (21.0) (n=60)	5.6 (−3.5 to 14.7)	0.22
At 12 months	51 (15.6) (n=22)	63 (24.3) (n=54)	12.1 (2.7 to 21.4)	0.01
At 24 months	55 (11.2) (n=14)	60 (21.0) (n=43)	4.4 (−4.4 to 13.2)	0.32
No (%) with Barthel index score of 95 or 100
At 4 months	16 (44) (n=36)	40 (50) (n=80)	0.89* (0.58 to1.36)	0.58
At 12 months	10 (27) (n=37)	39 (53) (n=73)	0.51* (0.29 to 0.90)	0.01
At 24 months	6 (21) (n=28)	36 (53) (n=68)	0.41* (0.19 to 0.85)	0.01

*Relative risk.