Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Veterans with an E-consult

	Rural N = 171	Urban N = 150	P
Demographic
Age, mean ± SD	70.7 ± 10.8	70.3 ± 10.4	0.77
BMI, mean ± SD	27.2 ± 6.0	28.1 ± 6.4	0.25
Gender, n (%)			0.30
Male	164 (95.9)	140 (93.3)
Female	7 (4.1)	10 (6.7)
Race, n (%)			0.48
White	125 (73.1)	100 (66.7)
Black	34 (19.9)	41 (27.3)
Other	4 (2.3)	3 (2.0)
Unknown	8 (4.7)	6 (4.0)
Comorbidities
Diabetes mellitus	61 (35.7)	57 (38.0)	0.67
Chronic lung disease	42 (24.6)	36 (24.0)	0.91
Neurologic disease	30 (17.5)	20 (13.3)	0.30
Alcohol abuse	29 (17.0)	31 (20.7)	0.29
Prostate Cancer	11 (6.4)	14 (9.3)	0.33
Rheumatoid arthritis	4 (2.3)	2 (1.3)	0.69
Anticonvulsant use	40 (23.4)	32 (21.3)	0.63
Corticosteroid use	3 (1.8)	2 (1.3)	1.00
Fracture site, n
Vertebral	17	13	0.29
Hip/pelvis	30	41
Ankle/lower leg	49	30
Forearm/wrist	27	26
Shoulder	21	17
Rib	26	23