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. 2022 Sep 9;2022:8695916. doi: 10.1155/2022/8695916

Table 6.

Bivariate analysis between genders and age groups according to low- and high-energy injuries, n = 3066.

Males Females
Low energy High energy Test statistic p-value Low energy High energy Test statistic p-value
Age (years), mean (SD) 38.18 (28.56) 32.92 (15.43) t (1810) = 4.52 <0.001 55.48 (27.21) 31.18 (19.5) t(1252) = 12.77 <0.001

Age groups
 Children (≤9) 257 (23.9) 53 (7.2) χ 2(7) = 423.70 <0.001 142 (13.8) 26 (11.4) χ 2(7) = 315.4 <0.001
 Adolescent (10–18) 148 (13.8) 71 (9.6) 49 (4.8) 53 (23.2)
 Adults 437 (40.6) 601 (81.7) 432 (42.1) 143 (62.7)
 19–30 years 106 (9.9) 220 (29.9) 24 (2.3) 49 (21.5)
 31–40 years 94 (8.7) 187 (25.4) 49 (4.8) 25 (11)
 41–50 years 78 (7.2) 112 (15.2) 57 (5.6) 29 (12.7)
 51–60 years 86 (8) 59 (8) 121 (11.8) 26 (11.4)
 61–70 years 71 (6.6) 23 (3.1) 181 (17.6) 14 (6.1)
 Elderly (≥71) 236 (21.9) 11 (1.5) 403 (39.3) 6 (2.6)

Associated injuries
Open fracture 29 (2.7) 130 (17.7) χ 2(1) = 122.32 <0.001 9 (0.9) 15 (6.6) χ 2(1) = 29.34 <0.001
Pathological fracture 26 (2.4) 0 χ 2(1) = 18.04 <0.001 68 (6.6) 0 χ 2(1) = 15.98 <0.001
Vascular injury 20 (1.9) 18 (2.4) χ 2(1) = 0.733 0.392 10 (1) 0 χ 2(1) = 1.18 0.278
Neurological injury 9 (0.8) 39 (5.3) χ 2(1) = 33.75 <0.001 6 (0.6) 6 (2.6) χ 2(1) = 6.23 0.013