Table I.

Population characteristics at recruitment (baseline)

Variable	Wire (n = 217)	Plate (n = 231)	p-value
Mean age, (sd); range	59.1 (16.5); 19 to 89	58.3 (14.3); 20 to 89	0.599*
Sex, female:male (%)	179:38 (82.4)	194:37 (84.0)	0.705†
Intra-articular extension, no:yes (%)	115:102 (53.0)	121:110 (52.4)	0.925†
Pre-injury baseline scores
Mean PRWE, (sd); range	2.3 (7.4); 0 to 53	2.9 (9.5); 0 to 76	0.460*
Mean DASH, (sd); range	4.9 (11.9); 0 to 80	4.9 (11.3); 0 to 66	0.999*
Mean EQ-5D-3L, (sd); range	0.93 (0.16); 0.1 to 1.0	0.93 (0.17); 0.0 to 1.0	0.806*

^*Student’s t-test

^†Fisher’s exact test

PRWE, patient-rated wrist evaluation; DASH, Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder, And Hand; EQ-5D-3L, EuroQol five-dimension three-level health-related quality-of-life assessment