Table 3.

Descriptive summary of fracture pattern and reduction pattern

Stable		CMN (N=84)	SHS (N=97)	P	Test
AO class	1.1	20(23.8%)	23(23.7%)	0.003	Fisher
	1.2	19(22.6%)	44(45.4%)
	1.3	4(4.8%)	5(5.2%)
	2.1	41(48.8%)	25(25.8%)
Reduction quality	A	21(25.0%)	31(32.0%)	0.302	Chi square
	E	63(75.0%)	66(68.0%)
Varus/Valgus	None	77(91.7%)	91(93.8%)	0.671	Fisher
	Val	5(6.0%)	3(3.1%)
	Var	2(2.4%)	3(3.1%)
Total TAD	Mean (SD)	17.3 (5.9)	26.2 (7.9)	<0.001	Wilcoxon
	Range	(7.5, 40.5)	(11.8, 52.0)
	Median (IQR)	16.8 (13.1, 20.0)	23.9 (20.9, 30.5)
Unstable		CMN (N=52)	SHS (N=15)	P	Test
AO class	2.2	30(57.7%)	13(86.7%)	0.065	Fisher
	2.3	22(42.3%)	2(13.3%)
Reduction quality	A	29(55.8%)	11(73.3%)	0.317	Fisher
	E	21(40.4%)	3(20.0%)
	P	2(3.8%)	1(6.7%)
Varus/Valgus	Non	43(82.7%)	10(66.7%)	0.043	Fisher
	Val	1(1.9%)	3(20.0%)
	Var	8(15.4%)	2(13.3%)
Total TAD	Mean (SD)	19.0 (5.3)	24.0 (6.7)	0.004	Wilcoxon
	Range	(7.4, 32.6)	(10.9, 35.0)
	Median (IQR)	19.7 (16.0, 21.5)	25.8 (20.1, 28.0)

CMN, cephalomedullary nailing; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation; SHS, sliding hip screw