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. 2022 Feb 20;17:108. doi: 10.1186/s13018-022-03005-8

Table 2.

Characteristics of femoral neck shorting

Variable Total (n = 113) FNS ≤ 5 mm (n = 78) FNS > 5 mm (n = 35) P value
Mean age (years)γ 48.4 ± 13.4 46.6 ± 14.0 52.5 ± 11.2 0.030
Age (No, %)*
 ≤ 60 years 90 66 (73) 24 (27) 0.050
 > 60 years 23 12 (52) 11 (48)
Gender (No, %)*
 Male 67 47 (70) 20 (30) 0.755
 Female 46 31 (67) 15 (33)
Fracture side (No, %)*
 Left 59 37 (63) 22 (37) 0.129
 Right 54 41 (76) 13 (24)
Fracture displacement (No, %)*
 Nondisplaced 45 35 (78) 10 (22) 0.102
 Displaced 68 43 (63) 25 (37)
Fracture stability (No, %)*
 Stable 69 48 (70) 21 (30) 0.877
 Unstable 44 30 (68) 14 (32)
Fixation configuration (No, %)*
 Triangle 49 33 (67) 16 (33) 0.739
 Inverted triangle 64 45 (70) 19 (30)
Screws number (No, %)#
 3 108 74 (69) 34 (31) 1.000
 4 5 4 (80) 1 (20)

The percentages are based on the number with each variable

γP value was based on t test

*P value was based on chi-square test

#P value was based on Fisher's exact test