Table 1.

Comparison of pilon and ankle fracture groups.

	Pilon fracture (OTA/AO 43) n = 47	Ankle fracture (OTA/AO 44) n = 48	95% confidence interval of the difference	p-value
OTA/AO classification subtype	43A: 20 43B: 5 43C: 22	44A: 1 44B: 24 44C: 23
Female gender	20 (43%)	26 (54%)	−8% to 30%	0.2
Age (years ± SD)	53 ± 20	48 ± 22	−12 to 5	0.4
Syndesmotic screw fixation	14 (30%)	42 (88%)	39% to 71%	<0.01∗
Distal interlocking screw fixation	21 (45%)	22 (45%)	−18% to 20%	0.9

∗Statistically significant difference was considered a p-value <0.05.

SD – Standard Deviation.