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. 2018 Jun 15;45(4):575–583. doi: 10.1007/s00068-018-0969-9

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 884 elderly patients with rib fractures

Characteristic Median (P25–P75) Number (%)
Age
 Age 76 (70–83)
 Age 65–80 580 (65.6%)
 Age 81–90 235 (26.6%)
 Age > 90 69 (7.8%)
Gender
 Female 369 (41.7%)
 Male 515 (58.3%)
History of cardiac disease
 None 711 (80.4%)
 Myocardial infarction 85 (9.6%)
 Congestive heart failure (any NYHA grade) 59 (6.7%)
 Unknown 29 (3.3%)
Oral anticoagulation use
 Yes 151 (17.1%)
 No 618 (81.2%)
 Unknown 15 (1.7)
History of COPD
 None 764 (86.4%)
 COPD (any GOLD stadium) 93 (10.5%)
 Unknown 27 (3.1%)
Mechanism of Injury
 Low energetic fall 387 (43.7%)
 High energetic fall 147 (16.6%)
 Bike or pedestrian 150 (17.0%)
 Motor vehicle accident 99 (11.2%)
 Other 17 (1.9%)
 Unknown 82 (9.3%)