Table 2.
Patients demographic
| Demographics |
Plate and screw (n = 43)
|
External fixator (n = 36)
|
P
value
|
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|
N
1
(n = 25)
|
O (n = 18)
|
N (n = 23)
|
O (n = 13)
|
N vs N | O vs O | N vs O (plate and screw) | N vs O (ex fix) | |||||
|
n
|
Mean (range)
|
n
|
Mean (range)
|
n
|
Mean (range)
|
n
|
Mean (range)
|
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| Age (yr) | 25 | 41.7 (19-68) | 18 | 52.7 (32-67) | 23 | 39.9 (24-55) | 13 | 46.1 (30-67) | 0.61 | 0.12 | < 0.01 | 0.11 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23 | 24.1 (18.7-33.5) | 16 | 28.8 (22.4-35.0) | 8 | 27.6 (20.3-39.1) | 3 | 36.4 (33.1-38.4) | 0.15 | 0.03 | < 0.001 | 0.01 |
| Sex (female) | 25 | 36.0% | 18 | 27.8% | 23 | 47.8% | 13 | 46.2% | 0.41 | 0.25 | 0.57 | 0.92 |
1
In this table and all subsequent ones. T: Total group; N: Neutral goal; O: Overcorrected; BMI: Body mass index.