Table 2.

Demographic and Clinical Data for Deformity Correction Patients (Number of Limbs = 88)

Variable	NSAID-Free Protocol, N = 36	NSAID Protocol, N = 52	P Value	Method
Age (yr), median (IQR)	45 (36.0)	29 (28.8)	0.03a	Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test
Sex (male), N (%)	18 (50.0)	25 (48.1)	0.99	Fisher exact test
Laterality (right), N (%)	24 (66.7)	24 (46.2)	0.08	Fisher exact test
Children 16 and younger, N (%)	0 (0.0)	5 (9.6)	0.08	Fisher exact test
Smoking, N (%)	1 (2.8)	10 (19.2)	0.02a	Fisher exact test
Etiology			0.01a	Fisher exact test
Congenital, N (%)	23 (63.9)	46 (88.5)
Post traumatic, N (%)	12 (33.3)	6 (11.5)
Bone
Femur, N (%)	9 (25.0)	19 (36.5)	0.35	Fisher exact test
Tibia, N (%)	27 (75.0)	33 (63.5)	0.35	Fisher exact test
Static IM nail, N (%)	7 (19.5)	13 (25.0)	0.78	Fisher exact test
Titanium plate, N (%)	15 (41.7)	21 (40.4)	1.00	Fisher exact test
External fixator, N (%)	14 (38.9)	18 (34.6)	0.82	Fisher exact test
Results
Time to union (d), median (IQR)	103 (25.2)	97.5 (48.2)	0.89	Kaplan-Meier log rank test

IQR = interquartile range, IM = Intramedullary.

^astatistically significant