. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Trauma. 2015 Jan;29(1):e12–e17. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000132

Table 1.

Comparison of fracture location by long bone segment (proximal, distal, diaphyseal) and sub-segment (epiphysis vs. metaphysis).

N (%)	Obese (WFA>95^th)	Non-Obese	P-value
Femur, N	68	198
Long bone segment
Proximal	3 (4.4)	12 (6.1)	0.8020
Distal	9 (13.2)	22 (11.1)
Diaphyseal	56 (82.4)	164 (82.8)
Proximal and distal sub-segments
Epiphysis	11 (91.7)	15 (44.1)	0.0043
Metaphysis	1 (8.33)	19 (55.9)
Proximal sub-segment
Epiphysis	2 (66.7)	0 (-)	0.0286^*
Metaphysis	1 (33.3)	12 (100)
Distal sub-segment
Epiphysis	9 (100)	15 (68.2)	0.0766^*
Metaphysis	0 (-)	7 (31.8)
Tibia, N	23	105
Long bone segment
Proximal	1 (4.4)	12 (11.4)	0.5492
Distal	10 (43.5)	38 (36.2)
Diaphyseal	12 (52.2)	55 (52.4)
Proximal-distal sub-segment
Epiphysis	9 (81.8)	18 (36.0)	0.0077^*
Metaphysis	2 (18.2)	32 (64.0)
Proximal sub-segment
Epiphysis	1 (100)	1 (8.3)	0.1538
Metaphysis	0 (-)	11 (91.7)
Distal sub-segment
Epiphysis	8 (80.0)	17 (44.7)	.0753^*
Metaphysis	2 (20.0)	21 (55.3)

Fisher’s exact test