Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the study population.
| Variables | NS |
DW |
t | df | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||||
| Age in years | 37.1 ± 13.6 | 34.6 ± 11.9 | 0.979 | 95 | 0.330 |
| Male | 30.7 ± 11.0 | 32.7 ± 9.2 | −0.788 | 59 | 0.434 |
| Female | 44.2 ± 12.9 | 40.2 ± 16.8 | 0.793 | 34 | 0.433 |
| Age group (yrs) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| <20 | 2 (4.0) | 4 (8.5) | 7.073 | 4 | 0.132* |
| 20–29 | 14 (28.0) | 10 (21.3) | |||
| 30–39 | 16 (32.0) | 25 (53.2) | |||
| 40–49 | 7 (14.0) | 3 (6.4) | |||
| 50+ | 11 (22.0) | 5 (10.6) | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 26 (52.0) | 35 (74.5) | 5.240 | 1 | 0.022* |
| Female | 24 (48.0) | 12 (25.5) | |||
| Affected bones | |||||
| Femur | 20 (40) | 10 (21.3) | |||
| Tibia | 18 (36) | 26 (55.3) | 0.145 | ||
| Ankle | 12 (24) | 11 (23.4) |
NS – Isotonic saline group, DW – Distilled water group; t – Independent samples t-test, df – degrees of freedom, *Chi-square test applied.