Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Characteristics of patients and controls, and results of bone markers measurements; values are shown as mean (SD)
From: Increased serum OPG in atrophic nonunion shaft fractures
Characteristic | Nonunion | Healing controls | Healed controls |
|---|---|---|---|
16 | 14 | 18 | |
Site of fractures | |||
Tibia | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Radius | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Radius + ulna | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Humerus | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Femur | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Age (years) | 28.1 (5.9) | 31.4 (7.1) | 32.2 (5.7) |
Time after injury (months) | 6–11 | 0.5 (0.5) | 8.5 (3.4) |
OPG (ng/ml) | 0.56 (0.11) | 0.29 (0.09)* | 0.26 (0.04)* |
Free RANKL (pmol/l) | 0.08 (0.09) | 0.16 (0.07) | 0.10 (0.07) |
BAP (UI/l) | 24.46 (5.99) | 31.56 (17.67) | 24.21 (7.13) |
OC (ng/ml) | 7.27 (3.95) | 8.60 (4.47) | 8.45 (2.94) |