Table 3.

Lesions associated with femoral diaphyseal fractures in relation to age group.

Group/ lesion	Other fractures	Cranioencephalic trauma	Other lesions	Total
Group I	1	0	2	3
Group II	1	0	2	3
Group III	4	1	3	8
Group IV	0	6	3	9
Total	6	7	10	23
Chi-square	5,82	17,22	1,25	13,06
P	0,120	0,006	0,743	0,042

Source: Primary data gathered from medical files at the Joana de Gusmão Children's Hospital between January 2004 and December 2009.