Table 1.
Demographics, mechanism of injury and occupation of cohorts reported as mean and standard deviation
|
All cases
(n=39) |
Treatment Groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nonsurgical
(n=14) |
Surgical
(n=25) |
p -value | ||
| Male (No.) | 16 (41.0%) | 7 (50%) | 9 (36%) | 0.50 |
| Age (years) | 52.8 ± 15.7 | 51.3 ± 19.2 | 53.6 ± 13.8 | 0.67 |
| BMI | 33.9 ± 8.2 | 33.4 ± 7.9 | 34.2 ± 8.6 | 0.80 |
| Mechanism of Injury | ||||
| High-energy injury | 5 (12.8%) | 2 (14.3%) | 3 (12.0%) | 1.0 |
| Low-energy fall | 34 (87.2%) | 12 (85.7%) | 22 (88.0%) | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Physically demanding | 13 (33.3%) | 5 (35.7%) | 8 (32.0%) | 1.0 |
| Non-physical demanding | 23 (59.0%) | 8 (57.1%) | 15 (60.0%) | |
| Not documented | 3 (4.4%) | 1 (7.1%) | 2 (8.0%) | |
BMI=body mass index