Table 1.
General characteristics of 1,484 patients with hip fracture treated between 2007 and 2010
| Patient characteristics | Means (SD) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 81.76 (10.27) | |
| Gender (female/male) | 69 %/31 % | |
| Surgery time (minutes) | 107.4 (30) | |
| Time from admission to surgery (hours) | 57.42 (65.3) | |
| Haemoglobin at admission (g/dL) | 12.27 (1.64) | |
| MCV at admission (fl) | 88.99 (5.86) | |
| Creatinine at admission (mg/dL) | 1.22 (0.58) | |
| INR at admission | 1.13 (0.47) | |
| Use of statins | 490 (33 %) | |
| Use of diabetes mellitus drugs | 208 (14 %) | |
| Use of aspirin | 312 (21 %) | |
| Use of clopidogral | 74 (5 %) | |
| Type of implant | Hemiarthroplasty | 579 (39 %) |
| Cephalomedullary nail | 175 (12 %) | |
| Dynamic hip screw | 730 (49 %) | |
| Packed Cells issued within 72 hours of admission | 581 (39 %) | |
| Packed Cells issued intra-operatively | 126 (8.4 %) | |
| Packed Cells issued within 10 days of admission | 880 (59 %) | |
MCV mean corpuscular volume, INR international normalised ratio
The values are given as the mean and the standard deviation for continuous variables and as the number of patients, with the percentage in parentheses, for categorical variables