Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Patients with Vertebral Fractures Conservatively and Surgically Treated and Controls.
| Group | P-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertebroplasty | Conservative | Control | ||||||
| Mean | Count | Mean | Count | Mean | Count | |||
| Total number | 49 (2.6%) | 221 (11.6%) | 1641 (85.9%) | |||||
| Age (mean ± SD) | 75.78 (±5.89) | 76.75 (±5.53) | 75.6 (±5.89) | .024 | ||||
| Gender | Male | 12 (24.5%) | 51 (23.1%) | 418 (25.5%) | ||||
| Female | 37 (75.5%) | 170 (76.9%) | 1223 (74.5%) | .74 | ||||
| Medications taken in 3 months before hospitalization (mean ± SD)a | 17.84 (±8.62) | 16.41 (±9.02) | 11.52 (±7.17) | <.00 | ||||
aNumbers represent the mean prescriptions drawn from pharmacy 3 months prior to the fracture, analgesics excluded.