Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of the study population.

	pre-GC	post-GC	p-value
n	626	841
Age [years], mean (SD)	80.3 (6.7)	81.1 (7.3)	0.021#
Gender [male], n (%)	244 (39.0)	361 (42.9)	n.s+
BMI [kg/m2], mean (SD)	24.8 (3.9)	24.9 (4.6)	n.s.#
Number of surgeries, mean (SD)	1.3 (0.7)	1.2 (0.8)	n.s.#
Non-surgical treatment, n (%)	366 (41.5%)	567 (67.4%)	0.002+
Injury Severity Score, mean (SD)	5.7 (5.3)	6.5 (5.0)	n.s.#

GC = geriatric comanagement

n = number

SD = standard deviation

BMI = body mass index

n.s. = not significant

^# = Students t-test

⁺ = Pearson chi-square test, Fisher exact test