Table 3.
Comparisons of radiological outcomes and laboratory tests between groups regarding open fracture, gender, and concomitant fracture
| Whole groups | Group 2 only | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without open fracture (n = 44) | With open fracture (n = 4) | P value | Male (n = 35) | Female (n = 13) | P value | Without concomitant fracture (n = 32) | With concomitant fracture (n = 4) | P value | |
| Radiological outcomes | |||||||||
| Time to callus (days) | 75.1 (71.6) | 81.3 (71.6) | 0.900 | 75.3 (75.2) | 76.5 (60.8) | 0.651 | 95.0 (74.7) | 77.7 (34.5) | 0.366 |
| Callus ratio | 1.2 (0.2) | 1.2 (0.0) | 0.375 | 1.3 (0.2) | 1.2 (0.1) | 0.112 | 1.2 (0.1) | 1.2 (0.1) | 0.827 |
| Laboratory tests | |||||||||
| WBC (×103/ul) | 10.5 (3.6) | 13.2 (5.8) | 0.585 | 11.6 (3.6) | 8.6 (3.5) | 0.055 | 10.1 (4.2) | 11.6 (4.1) | 0.208 |
| Monocytes (×103/ul) | 0.7 (0.3) | 0.8 (0.4) | 0.577 | 0.8 (0.3) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.007* | 0.6 (0.2) | 0.7 (0.3) | 0.716 |
| Lymphocytes (×103/ul) | 2.9 (1.6) | 2.4 (0.7) | 0.986 | 3.2 (1.6) | 1.9 (0.6) | 0.006* | 2.4 (0.9) | 3.0 (2.3) | 0.790 |
| Neutrophils (×103/ul) | 7.6 (4.3) | 9.8 (5.4) | 0.375 | 8.0 (4.1) | 7.1 (5.1) | 0.302 | 6.9 (4.0) | 7.7 (4.6) | 0.292 |
| RBC (×106/ul) | 4.5 (0.5) | 5.0 (0.3) | 0.026* | 4.6 (0.5) | 4.2 (0.3) | 0.010* | 4.6 (0.5) | 4.7 (0.5) | 0.716 |
| Hb (g/dl) | 13.7 (1.5) | 16.2 (1.1) | 0.003* | 14.4 (1.7) | 12.8 (0.9) | 0.002* | 14.4 (1.5) | 14.1 (2.2) | 0.511 |
| Hct (%) | 40.5 (4.2) | 46.5 (2.7) | 0.007* | 42.2 (4.4) | 38.1 (2.7) | 0.002* | 42.6 (3.9) | 41.3 (5.5) | 0.610 |
| MCH (pg) | 30.8 (1.5) | 32.4 (1.7) | 0.063 | 31.2 (1.6) | 30.2 (1.1) | 0.043* | 31.2 (1.6) | 29.8 (1.7) | 0.248 |
| CRP (mg/l) | 2.1 (3.7) | 0.9 (0.4) | 0.985 | 1.4 (1.6) | 3.6 (6.1) | 0.893 | 2.5 (4.2) | 0.6 (0.2) | 0.248 |
| ALP (U/l) | 83.7 (27.0) | 78.8 (16.2) | 0.925 | 88.2 (27.3) | 70.4 (18.2) | 0.048* | 78.8 (22.0) | 69.7 (25.3) | 0.610 |
| Ca (mg/dl) | 8.7 (0.6) | 8.9 (0.6) | 0.762 | 8.8 (0.6) | 8.8 (0.5) | 0.989 | 9.0 (0.5) | 8.2 (0.5) | 0.037* |
| P (mg/dl) | 3.5 (0.8) | 2.9 (0.8) | 0.227 | 3.4 (1.0) | 3.6 (0.5) | 0.328 | 3.2 (0.7) | 3.4 (0.7) | 0.657 |
Data are mean (SD)
WBC white blood cell, RBC red blood cell, Hb hemoglobin, Hct hematocrit, MCH mean corpuscular hemoglobin, CRP C-reactive protein, ALP alkaline phosphatase, Ca calcium, P phosphate
*Statistically significant (P < 0.05)