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. 2021 Nov 9;13(11):e19392. doi: 10.7759/cureus.19392

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of participants.

CLE: continuous lumbar epidural; LSPB: lumbosacral plexus block; SAB: subarachnoid block, ASA-PS: American Society of Anesthesiologists’-Physical Status; IT: intertrochanteric; ST: subtrochanteric

Statistical significance: p<0.05

  CLE (n=41) LSPB (n=35) SAB (n=38) p-value
Age in years Mean ± standard deviation 77.39±1.43  77.63±1.64 80.39±1.54 p=0.305
Gender Male n (%) 18 (36%) 15 (30%) 17 (34%) p=0.987
Female n (%) 23 (35.9%) 20 (31.3%) 21 (32.8%)
Fracture type IT left n (%) 19 (33.33%) 20 (35.1%) 18 (31.6%) p=0.6
IT right n (%) 18 (39.1%) 12 (26.1%) 16 (34.8%)
ST left n (%) 2 (33.3%) 3 (50%) 1 (16.7%)
ST right n (%) 2 (40%) 0 (0%) 3 (60%)
ASA-PS III 17 (28.8%) 18 (30.5%) 24 (40.7%) p=0.156
IV 24 (43.6%) 17 (30.9%) 14 (25.5%)