. 2019 Dec 30;14:477. doi: 10.1186/s13018-019-1530-1

Table 1.

Patient characteristics of the total population

	Total population (N = 72)	Short cast (N = 36)	Long cast (N = 36)	p value
Age at time of the injury (years) Mean ± sd	70.9 ± 14.8	72.3 ± 14.4	69.5 ± 15.2	0.434^a
Gender Female N (%)	65 (90.3%)	33 (91.7%)	32 (88.9%)	0.999^b
Side Rigth N (%)	25 (34.7%)	13 (36.1%)	12 (33.3%)	0.804^c

Total population (N = 72)

Short cast (N = 36)

Long cast (N = 36)

p value

Age at time of the injury (years)

Mean ± sd

70.9 ± 14.8

72.3 ± 14.4

69.5 ± 15.2

0.434^a

Gender

Female N (%)

65 (90.3%)

33 (91.7%)

32 (88.9%)

0.999^b

Side

Rigth N (%)

25 (34.7%)

13 (36.1%)

12 (33.3%)

0.804^c

Variables age, gender, side are not statistically associated to short/long cast variable

^at test

^bFisher’s exact test

^cPearson Chi-square test