Table 1.
Age and sex distributions in patients
| Variable | Range | Femoral neck fracture | intertrochanteric fracture | Controls | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |||
| Age (years) | 50-60 | 9 | 22.5 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 37.5 | 0.361* |
| 60-70 | 13 | 32.5 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 25 | ||
| 70-80 | 14 | 35 | 7 | 17.5 | 9 | 22.5 | ||
| ≥80 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 22.5 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Sex | Male | 20 | 50 | 19 | 47.5 | 13 | 32.5 | 0.232** |
| Female | 20 | 50 | 21 | 52.5 | 27 | 67.5 | ||
P-value using Fisher’s test;
P-value using Chi-square test.