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. 2019 Nov 14;14:364. doi: 10.1186/s13018-019-1428-y

Table 1.

Patient demographics

Supra-ilioinguinal
(n = 36)
Modified Stoppa
(n =24)
Test value P value
Age (years) 43.4 (23–71, 13.6) 44.5 (23–78, 14.4) 0.314 0.754#
Male gender 26 (72.2%) 16 (66.7%) 0.212 0.645*
Mechanism of injury 0.100 0.752*
 Traffic accident 18 (50.0%) 13 (54.2%)
 Fall from height (≧ 3 m) 18 (50.0%) 11 (41.9%)
Fracture classification 0.670 0.955*
 AC + AW 4 (11.1%) 3 (12.5%)
 Transverse 5 (13.9%) 3 (12.5%)
 T-type 5 (13.9%) 5 (20.8%)
 ACPHT 9 (25.0%) 6 (25.0%)
 Both column 13 (36.1%) 7 (29.2%)
Multiple injuries 0.791 0.978*
 Pelvic fracture 7 (19.4%) 5 (20.8%)
 Extremity fracture 7 (19.4%) 3 (12.5%)
 Spine fracture 1 (2.8%) 1 (4.2%)
 Pleural effusion 11 (30.6%) 9 (37.5%)
 Craniocerebral injury 2 (5.6%) 1 (4.2%)
Time to surgery (days) 7.1 (3–20, 3.4) 7.2 (3–15, 3.0) 0.097 0.923#

Categorical variables are given as absolute numbers with percentages in parentheses. Noncategorical variables are given as mean (range, SD)

AC anterior column, AW anterior wall, ACPHT anterior column with posterior hemitransverse

*Pearson Chi-square test

#Two independent samples Student’s t test