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. 2015 Dec 24;31(1):89–97. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.1.89

Table 1. Demographic data on the nursing home residents (NHR) and community-dwelling individuals (CDI) group.

Parameters NHR group CDI group P value
Number of patients 46 46
Male/Female 28/18 28/18
Right/Left 25/21 24/22 0.834
Number of patients 46 46
Conservative treatment 7 1 0.026
Cause of conservative treatment
 Medical problem 1 1
 Refused operation 6 0
Operative treatment 39 45
Operation day 0.267
 < 7 days after fracture 36 38
 > 7 days after fracture 3 7
Anesthesia 0.761
 General 23 28
 Spinal 16 17
Type of operation
Internal fixation 0.633
 Cannulated screw 1 2
 Sliding hip system 6 5
 Proximal nail system 21 20
Arthroplasty
 Hemiarthroplasty 11 18
Hospital stay (day) 0.200
 < 14 9 4
 15-30 14 19
 > 30 16 22
Age (yr) average (minimum-maximum) 82.7 (66-94) 81.7 (61-89) 0.534
 60-69 3 2
 70-79 10 11 0.511
 80-89 31 33
 > 90 2 0
ASA score 0.460
 0 9 8
 1 2 0
 2 11 16
 3 15 16
 4 9 6
BMI (kg/m2) 0.002
 Grade 1 ( < 18.5) 18 4
 Grade 2 (18.5-22.9) 19 25
 Grade 3 ( > 23) 9 17
Diagnosis 0.277
 Femoral neck fracture 14 19
 Intertrochanteric fracture 32 27
Ambulation status 0.002
 Grade 1 16 29
 Grade 2 22 17
 Grade 3 8 0
Comorbidity
 Heart disease 13 11 0.635
 Diabetes mellitus 13 16 0.501
 Hypertension 29 27 0.669
 Cerebrovascular disease 20 11 0.047
 Pulmonary disease 14 20 0.195
 Parkinson's disease 5 0 0.021
 Dementia 27 3 0.000
Number of medical comorbidities 0.584
 0 6 8
 1 13 9
 2 10 13
 3 12 14
 4 5 2

ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists (score for physical status before surgery); BMI, body mass index.

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