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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Demographics and pre-fracture status expressed in mean ± standard deviation and percentage

From: Impact of subtrochanteric fractures in the geriatric population: better pre-fracture condition but poorer outcome than pertrochanteric fractures: evidence from the Spanish Hip Fracture Registry

Demographics and pre-FX status

Pertrochanteric

Subtrochanteric

OR (95% CI)/p

Age*

87.1 ± 5.57

86.5 ± 5.77

 < 0.001

Female versus male

76.7% versus 23.3%

78.4% versus 21.6%

0.906 (0.803–1.024)/0.115

Right versus left side

51% versus 49%

51.5% versus 48.5%

0.938 (0.889–1.087)/0.736

Pfeiffer*

3.77 ± 3.45

3.33 ± 3.31

 < 0.001

ASA

2.83 ± 0.63

2.84 ± 0.64

0.462

Pre-FX mobility*

3.90 ± 2.76

3.74 ± 2.74

0.025

Living at home before fracture*

76.2%

79.4%

1.198(1.058–1.355)/0.004

Osteoprotective treatment pre-FX:*

5.8%

7.9%

1.391 (1.150–1.683)/0.001

 Anti-resorptive*

5.4%

7.3%

1.367 (1.122–1.665)/0.002

 Bone forming

0.6%

0.8%

1.313 (0.740–2.328)/0.350

  1. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). *p < 0.05