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Table 2 General characteristics of the study population

From: High short-term and long-term excess mortality in geriatric patients after hip fracture: a prospective cohort study in Taiwan

Variable*

Overall (%)

Hip fractures (%)

Non-Hip fractures (%)

p value

Age (years)

   

Matched

≤ 84

329 (76.2%)

147 (67.7%)

182 (84.7%)

 

> 84

103 (23.8%)

70 (32.3%)

33 (15.3%)

 

Sex

Matched

Female

305 (70.6%)

156 (71.9%)

149 (69.3%)

 

Male

127 (29.4%)

61 (28.1%)

66 (30.7%)

 

BMI

    

>20

350 (81.0%)

160 (73.7%)

190 (88.4%)

 

≤20

82 (19.0%)

57 (26.3%)

25 (11.6%)

<0.001

T-score

    

> −2.19

199 (46.1%)

49 (22.6%)

150 (69.8%)

 

≤ −2.19

142 (32.9%)

95 (43.8%)

47 (21.9%)

<0.001

Missing

91 (21.1%)

73 (33.6%)

18 (8.4%)

 

MMSE

>19

270 (62.5%)

102 (47.0%)

168 (78.1%)

 

≤ 19

162 (37.5%)

115 (53.0%)

47 (21.9%)

<0.001

ADL difficulty

No

346 (80.1%)

157 (72.4%)

189 (87.9%)

 

Yes

86 (19.9%)

60 (27.6%)

26 (12.1%)

<0.001

Coordination abnormality

No

376 (87.0%)

175 (80.6%)

201 (93.5%)

 

Yes

56 (13.0%)

42 (19.4%)

14 (6.5%)

<0.001

Weight-bearing exercise in past 2 weeks

No

204 (47.2%)

118 (54.4%)

86 (40.0%)

 

Yes

228 (52.8%)

99 (45.6%)

129 (60.0%)

0.003

Coffee drinking

No

312 (72.2%)

176 (81.1%)

136 (63.3%)

 

Yes

120 (27.8%)

41 (18.9%)

79 (36.7%)

<0.001

Comorbidity

No

214 (49.5%)

99 (45.6%)

115 (53.5%)

 

Yes

218 (50.5%)

118 (54.4%)

100 (46.5%)

0.124

Smoking

No

325 (75.2%)

160 (73.7%)

165 (76.7%)

 

Yes

107 (24.8%)

57 (26.3%)

50 (23.3%)

0.504

  1. BMI: body mass index; MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination; ADL: activities of daily living.
  2. *Only age, sex, the variables with significant difference between two groups and the significant variables affecting the excess mortality were listed.