Table 1.

Patient demographic data

	Refracture (n = 20)	No refracture (n = 258)	p
Sex (n [%])			< 0.001
Male	6 (30%)	184 (71.3%)
Female	14 (70%)	74 (28.7%)
Age (years)	42.8 ± 13.1 (25–67)	39.9 ± 15.3 (24–84)	0.363
Body height (cm)	162.9 ± 9.8 (148–181)	166.9 ± 13.7 (142–189)	0.107
Body weight (kg)	57.7 ± 14.5 (38–91)	69.1 ± 14.0 (42–135)	0.003
Body mass index	21.4 ± 3.0 (15.3–28.4)	24.5 ± 3.9 (16.1–38.8)	< 0.001
Interval between fixation and removal (months)	11.6 ± 8.6 (3–44)	12.6 ± 7.3 (3–71)	0.621
Interval stratification (n [%])
< 12 months	12 (60%)	114 (44.2%)	0.128
≥ 12 months	8 (40%)	144 (55.8%)
< 18 months	18 (90%)	218 (84.5%)	0.392
≥ 18 months	2 (10%)	40 (15.5%)
< 24 months	19 (95%)	240 (93.0%)	0.595
≥ 24 months	1 (5%)	18 (7.0%)
Refracture: days after plate removal	23.9 ± 23.5 (1–84)	–

All values are mean ± standard deviation (range) or n (%)