Table 2.

Demographic and preoperative data of the patients included in the study

	Controls	%	Treated	%	P
Male	57	44.9	53	42.1	0.70
Female	70	55.1	73	57.9
Total	127	100.0	126	100.0
Age (years)
Mean ± SD	58.6 ± 17.6		62.5 ± 21.2		0.11
Min–max	20–95		21–99
Host type
A	70	55.1	60	47.6	0.25
B	53	41.7	61	48.4
C	4	3.1	5	4.0
Fracture site
Femur	32	25.2	47	37.3
Tibia/knee	11	8.7	16	12.7
Ankle/foot	29	22.8	32	25.4
Clavicle	11	8.7	10	7.9
Humerus	8	6.3	6	4.8
Forearm/wrist	29	22.8	14	11.1
Hand	7	5.5	1	0.8

Host type classified according to McPherson’s classification