Figure 6.
Effect of the patients’ age on the osseous consolidation. (A) Correlation between the osseous consolidation rate and the patients’ age. Trend-lines on the X/Y-diagram cross at an age of ~52 a. (B) Consolidation rate in patients ≥ 50 a (placebo: N = 27; ELF-PEMF: N = 24). Data are represented as scatter diagram (mean ± 95% CI). Two-tailed Mann–Whitney U-test was used to determine the p-value. (C) Extrapolation of the resulting mean (line) ± SEM (surrounding area) consolidation rates of the ELF-PEMF and placebo group.