Table 2.

Patients' characteristics.

Patient	Age (yrs)	Sex	AO classif.	Combined surgery	Fract. side	BMD (g/cm2)	YAM (%)
F1	62	f	A3	Pinning	left	0.61	77
F2	67	f	C2	Pinning	left	0.71	90
F3	77	f	A3	Pinning	right	0.60	76
F4	72	f	A3	Pinning	right	0.50	64
F5	74	f	C2	Pinning	left	0.54	69
Ave.	70.4 ± 5.9					0.59 ± 0.1	75 ± 10
C1	58	f	C2	Pinning	left	0.56	70
C2	67	f	A3	Pinning	left	0.58	73
C3	52	m	C2	VLP	left	1.01	108
C4	74	f	C2	VLP	right	0.56	86
C5	64	f	C2	VLP	left	0.77	82
C6	43	m	C3	VLP	right	0.94	102
C7	67	f	C3	Pinning	left	0.58	73
C8	75	f	C3	VLP	right	0.92	99
C9	61	f	C2	Pinning	left	0.60	76
C10	83	f	A3	Pinning	right	0.57	61
Ave.	64.4 ± 11.7					0.71 ± 0.2	83 ± 16

BMD, bone mineral density; YAM, young adult mean; VLP, volar locking plate.