Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who underwent open reduction internal fixation of acute ankle fracture as an inpatient or outpatient

Characteristic	No. (%) of patients*
	Inpatient n = 125	Outpatient n = 71
Age, mean SD, yr	42.0 ± 17.5	44.2 ± 16.0
Sex
Female	75 (60.0)	31 (43.7)
Male	50 (40.0)	40 (56.3)
Body mass index, mean ± SD	29.1 ± 6.0	31.1 ± 5.7
Preoperative consultation†	1 (0.8)	6 (8.4)
ASA score
I	33 (26.4)	21 (29.6)
II	56 (44.8)	41 (57.7)
III	34 (27.2)	8 (11.3)
IV	2 (1.6)	1 (1.4)

ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists; SD = standard deviation.

^*Except where noted otherwise.

^†Medicine or anesthesia.