Table 1.
Patient Characteristics (n = 428)
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n(%) | n(%) | p-value | ||
| 103 (24.1) | 325 (75.9) | |||
| Age in years; mean (SD) | 79.0 (7.0) | 82.7 (6.7) | < 0.001 | |
| Type of fracture* | 0.421 | |||
| Cervical fracture | 67 (67.0) | 192 (62.5) | ||
| Trochanteric fracture | 33 (33.0) | 115 (37.5) | ||
| Type of operation* | ||||
| Prosthesis | 54 (52.4) | 174 (53.7) | 0.821 | |
| ORIF | 49 (47.6) | 150 (46.3) | ||
| Preoperative morbidity | ||||
| Circulatory disease | 64 (62.1) | 227 (69.9) | 0.144 | |
| Respiratory disease | 18 (17.5) | 25 (7.7) | 0.004 | |
| Malignancy | 17 (16.5) | 23 (7.1) | 0.004 | |
| Dementia, Alzheimer's disease | 15 (14.6) | 93 (28.6) | 0.004 | |
| Digestive disease | 6 (5.8) | 25 (7.7) | 0.524 | |
| Other | 17 (16.5) | 45 (13.9) | 0.504 | |
| Follow-up time†; mean (SD) | 3.3 (3.1) | 3.9 (3.0) | 0.077 | |
| Died during follow-up | 86 (83.5) | 252 (77.5) | 0.196 | |
| Underlying cause of death | ||||
| Circulatory disease | 39 (37.9) | 110 (33.9) | 0.456 | |
| Respiratory disease | 13 (12.6) | 31 (9.5) | 0.369 | |
| Malignancy | 12 (11.7) | 19 (5.9) | 0.048 | |
| Dementia, Alzheimer's disease | 10 (9.7) | 43 (13.2) | 0.344 | |
| Digestive disease | 2 (1.9) | 14 (4.3) | 0.270 | |
| Other | 10 (9.7) | 35 (10.8) | 0.760 | |
| Place of death | ||||
| Hospital, health centre, other care facility | 65 (75.6) | 190 (75.4) | 0.973 | |
| Home, dwelling | 7 (8.1) | 7 (2.8) | 0.031 | |
| Other (e.g., old people's home) | 14 (16.3) | 54 (21.4) | 0.304 | |
| Unknown | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 0.559 | |
SD = standard deviation
ORIF = open reduction and internal fixation
* Type of fracture unknown for 21 patients and type of operation unknown for 1 patient
† Follow-up years from operation to death or end of 2007