Table 1.

Patient baseline data collected before surgery

Data	Control n = 138	gPCC n = 128	P
Female/male	89/49	83/45	0.9
Mean age	66	68	0.1
Standard Deviation	13,9	12
Living
with someone	90	68	0.6
alone	46	56
Employment status
Employed	32	33	0.2
Retired	84	79
Disability pension	16	5
Other	3	6
Contact with relatives
Weekly	129	120	0.8
Weekly to monthly	6	4
< monthly	2	2
Home nursing
Yes	1	4	0.1
No	132	120
Emergency medical alarm at home
Yes	15	9	0.7
No	97	113
Number of co-morbidities
Median	1	1	0.06
Min	0	0
Max	6	9
ASA grade
1	36	22	0.1
2	75	69
3	27	16
Using naturopathic preparation
Yes	116	107	1.0
No	19	17
Type of living
Flat	62	74	0.02*
House	75	52
Service flat	1	2
Need of assistance from relative
Yes	71	67	1.0
No	57	54
Need of community home help
None	120	115	0.7
Once a week	6	6
Daily or more	7	4
Assistive aids for personal use such as pincers, seat cushions and so on
Yes	46	51	0.4
No	44	61
Pre-fracture independenceb
80–100 %	132	117	0.9
60–79 %	3	7
< 60 %	3	3
Mean	92	92
SD	13	16
Type of walking aid
None	44	42	0.5
Crutches	64	54
Walking frame	14	19
Wheel chair	3	4
Previous hip replacement in contralateral hip
Yes	47	32	0.4
No	91	95
Feeling healthy
Yes	78	77	0.7
No	19	16

^aCeder scale

^bFunctional Recovery Scale [40]

*significant

The missing data for some of the variables were not regarded to impact the overall study results

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