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Table 2.

Basic patient variables at admission

Countries Variables	Sweden	Scotland	Denmark	Norway	NHFD	Ireland	Germany	Italy	Netherlands	Spain	Range
Sex (women) (%)	66	(73)	67.9^a	69	[72]	69	72	77	67	76.1	66–77
Age (years)
Mean	82			80	[83]	80	84.3			86.8	80–86.8
Median		(82)	83^a			81	84	86	81		81–86
Place of residence (%)
At home	(71)	(75)	74^a		(81)	85	75	91.6	(60)	(75)	60–91.6
Nursing home	(24)	(18)	17.8^a		(19)	10	22	8.4	(19)	(24)	8.4–24
Acute hospital	(3)	(6)			3.7	5	1			(0.4)	0.4–6
Mobility status (%)
Outdoor without aids		50^b	CAS was used		36.4^b	46^b	33	44.4	37^b		33–50
Outdoor with aids		39^b			36.7^b		48	24.6	31^b		24.6–48
Only walking indoor		10^b			23.7^b	14^b	14	28.3	6^b		6–28.3
No walking		1.4^b			1.7^b	2^b	3	2.7	2^b		1.4–3
cognitive dysfunction (%)^c	(30)	(26)		26.9	[37]	25		32.2	(17)	43.9	17–43.9
ASA-Score 1–2 (%)	(39)	[26]	CCI was used	34.7	[27]	39	24	25.5	(42)	(29)	24–42
ASA-Score ≥ 3 (%)	(61)	[68]		64.2	[68]	61	74	74.5	(58)	(71)	58–74.5
Fracture type (%)
Intracapsular	52	[53]	52.9^a	60.4	(58.6)	50	44	48.7	55	38.2	38.2–60.4
Pertrochanteric^d	41	[38]	39.6^a	33.1	(34.8)	36	44	38.7	39	51.8	33.1–51.8
Subtrochanteric	8	[4]	7.5^a	5.1	(5.9)	7	4	8.6	4	8.8	4–8.8
Other		[5]		1.0		4	8	4	3		1.0–8

NHFD: England/Wales/Northern Ireland; CAS: Cumulated Ambulation Score; ASA-Score: American Society of Anesthesiologists risk classification; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index

^aData from 2018 [30]

^bData from Voeten et al.[32]

^cCognitive dysfunction: Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ): Spain > 3 errors and Italy > 4 errors; Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS): NHFD > 2 errors and Ireland > 3 errors

^dBasocervical fractures if separately reported

When recent data were not available, data from Ojeda-Thies et al. [16] or Johansen et al. [18] were used indicated by () or []