Table 1.
Baseline patient demographics
|
Characteristic
|
Group A (below-elbow cast)
|
Group B (above-elbow cast)
|
t
-test (t) or Chi-squared test (
χ
2
)
|
P
value
|
| Age (yr), mean ± SD | 70.2 ± 13.7 | 69.5 ± 15.4 | t = 0.42 | P = 0.68 |
| Sex, n (%) | χ 2 = 0.02 | P = 0.89 | ||
| Male | 19 (13) | 19 (14) | ||
| Female | 124 (87) | 118 (86) | ||
| Osteoporosis, n (%) | χ 2 = 1.53 | P = 0.46 | ||
| Yes | 44 (31) | 78 (57) | ||
| No | 84 (59) | 38 (28) | ||
| Missing | 15 (10) | 21 (15) | ||
| Type of fracture (AO classification), n (%) | χ 2 = 0.20 | P = 0.90 | ||
| Type A | 48 (34) | 43 (31) | ||
| Type B | 17 (12) | 18 (13) | ||
| Type C | 78 (55) | 76 (55) | ||
| Stability of fracture (Lafontaine), n (%) | χ 2 = 0.12 | P = 0.73 | ||
| Stable | 68 (48) | 68 (50) | ||
| Unstable | 75 (52) | 69 (50) |