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. 2017 Nov 23;7:16155. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16473-4

Table 1.

Comparison of the baseline data of the patients between the IEF and PIF group.

IEF group (n = 31) PIF group (n = 28) P value*
Age (years) 45.6 ± 8.9 46.8 ± 9.1 0.6109
Gender (male/female) 17/14 16/12 0.8587
BMI (kg/m2) 24.8 ± 3.7 25.2 ± 3.9 0.6875
Side (left/right) 13/18 11/17 0.8361
Duration of symptoms (months) 11.7 ± 4.6 12.4 ± 5.5 0.5968
Follow-up duration (months) 29.2 ± 3.5 28.4 ± 3.0 0.3524
Causes (%) 0.9822
Traumatic arthritis 19 (61.3%) 17 (60.7%)
Osteoarthritis 6 (19.4%) 5 (17.9%)
Rheumatoid arthritis 4 (12.9%) 4 (14.3%)
Other 2 (6.4%) 2 (7.1%)

IEF (Ilizarov external fixation), and PIF (plate internal fixation), BMI (Body mass index). *Independent t test or chi-square test. The P values shown are for inter-group comparisons.