Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes in older patients with hip fracture by anatomical site
| Characteristics | Total group (n = 761) |
Cervical HF (n = 444) |
Trochanteric (n = 317) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 82.3 ± 8.8 | 81.7 ± 8.2 | 83.1 ± 9.5 | 0.034 |
| Age, females, years (mean ± SD) | 82.6 ± 7.7 | 81.9 ± 7.8 | 83.1 ± 7.5 | 0.143 |
| Age, males, years (mean ± SD) | 80.6 ± 8.3 | 81.5 ± 7.3 | 79.8 ± 9.1 | 0.359 |
| Females, % | 74.9 | 74.8 | 75.1 | 0.489 |
| Admitted from long-term RCF, % | 30.3 | 31.3 | 29.3 | 0.705 |
| ASA score ≥ 3, % | 72.9 | 71.1 | 75.0 | 0.497 |
| Coronary artery disease, % | 22.8 | 23.8 | 21.3 | 0.435 |
| Previous myocardial infarction, % | 5.3 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 0.431 |
| Hypertension, % | 44.5 | 44.8 | 44.1 | 0.855 |
| Atrial fibrillation, % | 13.2 | 11.6 | 15.4 | 0.136 |
| History of stroke, % | 13.5 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 0.643 |
| TIA, % | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 0.942 |
| Dementia, % | 29.1 | 28.5 | 29.9 | 0.670 |
| Diabetes mellitus, % | 16.3 | 17.1 | 15.5 | 0.709 |
| COPD, % | 11.4 | 10.2 | 13.1 | 0.220 |
| Parkinson's disease, % | 4.4 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.002 |
| Current smoker, % | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 0.752 |
| Ex-smoker, % | 9.5 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 0.218 |
| *Alcohol over user, % | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 0.431 |
| User of walking device, % | 34.5 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 0.476 |
| CRP, mg/L | 130.6 ± 82.1 | 134.9 ± 90.7 | 126.0 ± 71.7 | 0.356 |
| Post-operative Tnl > 0.06 μg/L, % | 27.0 | 29.5 | 24.5 | 0.343 |
| CRP > 100 mg/L % | 61.2 | 61.6 | 60.7 | 0.878 |
| LOS , days (mean ± SD) | 22.4 ± 23.4 | 20.9 ± 22.6 | 24.3 ± 24.4 | 0.054 |
| LOS ≥ 20 days, % | 31.7 | 28.3 | 35.3 | 0.206 |
| New discharges to long-term RCF, % | 49.0 | 48.1 | 490 | 0.787 |
| In-hospital death, % | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 0.676 |
*Three or more times per week.
RCF, residential care facility; TIA, transient ischaemic attack; ASA, American Society of Anaesthesiologists; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LOS, length of stay; cTnI, cardiac troponin I; CRP, C-reactive protein; RCF, residential care facility.