Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 General patient characteristics (n = 394)
Anemic group (patients with anemia at admission) | Nonanemic group | P value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
No. of patients | 266 (67.5%) | 128 (32.5%) | |
Gender | |||
Male | 66 (24.8%) | 23 (18.0%) | 0.1282 |
Female | 200 (75.2%) | 105 (82.0%) | |
Age (years) | |||
60–84 | 125 (47.0%) | 89 (69.5%) | 0.000026 |
≥85 | 141 (53.0%) | 39 (30.5%) | |
Preinjury residence | |||
Nursing home or hospital | 106 (39.8%) | 37 (28.9%) | 0.0344 |
Own home | 160 (60.2%) | 91 (71.1%) | |
Type of fracture | |||
Femoral neck | 72 (27.1%) | 53 (41.4%) | 0.00418 |
Trochanteric | 194 (72.9%) | 75 (58.6%) | |
Treatment modality | |||
Operative | 235 (88.3%) | 112 (87.5%) | 0.8083 |
Nonopenative | 31 (11.7%) | 16 (12.5%) | |
Preinjury walking abilitya | |||
Ambulatory | 216 (81.2%) | 112 (87.5%) | 0.1170 |
Nonambulatory | 50 (18.8%) | 16 (12.5%) |