Promoting mobility after hip fracture (ProMo): study protocol and selected baseline results of a year-long randomized controlled trial among community-dwelling older people

Table 1 Demographics, health and hip fracture status among over 60-year-old men and women after a recent hip fracture (Mean ± SD, frequency)

	All (n = 76-81)	ProMo (n = 38-40)	Control (n = 38-41)	p*
Age, yr	79 ± 7	80 ± 8	79 ± 6	0.251
Body height, cm	160.6 ± 8.9	160.9 ± 8.9	160.3 ± 9.1	0.785
Body weight, kg	65.8 ± 11.5	65.8 ± 11.9	65.9 ± 11.3	0.968
BMI	25.5 ± 3.8	25.3 ± 3.6	25.6 ± 3.9	0.710
Poor self-rated health, %	41	43	39	0.823
Number of chronic diseases, n	3 ± 2	3 ± 2	3 ± 2	0.581
MMSE	26 ± 3	26 ± 3	26 ± 3	0.686
BDI-II	9 ± 6	9 ± 6	8 ± 6	0.335#
hCRP at baseline	7.7 ± 9.9	8.4 ± 11.1	7.1 ± 8.6	0.855#
Hb at baseline, g/l	128.7 ± 12.9	127.4 ± 12.7	130.1 ± 13.1	0.351
Lowest Hb after operation, g/l	98.0 ± 13.2	97.5 ± 11.1	98.5 ± 15.0	0.795#
Smoking, %				0.382
- Never	79	85	73
- Former	12	10	15
- Current	9	5	12
Living alone, %	59	60	59	1.000
Level of education Elementary school or less, %	49	54	44	0.502
Income, €/month	1363 ± 828	1321 ± 637	1408 ± 998	0.965#
Physical activity, % Sedentary	92	95	90	0.675
Fracture status
Fall related fracture, %	88	90	85	0.737
Site of fracture, %				0.645
- Femoral neck	64	68	61
- Pertrochanteric	36	32	39
Type of operation, n				0.719
- Internal fixation	38	19	19
- Hemiarthroplasty	33	15	18
- Total arthroplasty	10	6	4

*Independent t-test for normally distributed continuous variables, Chi-square for discrete variables
#Mann-Whitney U for non-normally distributed continuous variables

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