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Table 1 Baseline demographics and rates of early complications in patients with hip fractures

From: Combination of measures of handgrip strength and red cell distribution width can predict in-hospital complications better than the ASA grade after hip fracture surgery in the elderly

Variable

Total (N = 83)

Grade 1 (N = 27)

Grade 2 (N = 40)

Grade 3 (N = 15)

Grade 4 (N = 1)

Age (Year)*

79.5 (6.7)

78.3 (6.3)

79.0 (7.1)

81.3 (5.9)

69.0

Women (%)

80

74.1

88.1

73.3

100.0

Intertrochanteric fracture (%)

63.5

51.9

71.4

66.7

100.0

RDW (%)

14.3 (1.6)

13.8 (1.0)

14.3 (1.6)

14.8 (1.8)

19.6

Grip strength (kg)

37.0 (18.0)

40.2 (17.1)

30.4 (19.1)

29.8 (11.5)

18.8

ICU care (%)

52.9

44.4

47.6

80

100

Transfer out (%)

8.2

0

9.5

20

100

In-hospital mortality (%)

4.7

0

4.8

13.3

100

Readmission (%)

5.9

3.7

7.1

6.7

100

  1. *The values are given as the mean with the SD in parentheses
  2. Total and divided in accordance with their ASA grade