Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

Variable	Group Mg (n = 23)	Group Ti (n = 25)	p-Value
Age (years ± SD)	37.9 ± 17.7	45.0 ± 15.7	0.110^a
Sex (M/F)	16/7	14/11	0.252^b
Side (R/L)	9/14	14/11	0.190^b
Herscovici classification (n)			0.500^b
Type B	12	12
Type C	11	13
Associated fractures (n)			0.470^b
Isolated	13	10
Lateral malleolus	6	9
Lateral and posterior malleolus	2	5
Posterior malleolus	2	1
Follow-up (months)			0.869^a
Mean months ± SD	24.7 ± 12.0	24.6 ± 9.1
Range (min–max)	12–53	12–40
Median	19	25

M Male, F female, R right, L left, Mg magnesium, Ti titanium

^aMann–Whitney test

^bchi-squared test