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Table 1 Clinical Features of Sacral Insufficiency Fractures

From: Lumbar spine MRI versus non-lumbar imaging modalities in the diagnosis of sacral insufficiency fracture: a retrospective observational study

 

Group 1 (n = 27)

Group 2(n = 15)

Total (n = 42)

P value

Age (years)

79.5±7.8

77.7±12.1

78.8±9.3

0.599

Male:Female

12:15

3:12

15:27

0.180

Osteoporosis

8 (n = 13)

9 (n = 10)

17 (n = 23)

0.179

BMI

22.5±3.5

23.0 ±3.5

22.7±3.4

0.690

Trauma history

13

8

21

1.000

Prior surgery (hip, spine)

7

4

11

1.000

Vertebral compression fracture

18

8

26

0.511

Past medical history

 Diabetes

4

1

5

0.639

 Hypertension

10

4

14

0.734

 Chronic renal disease

2

1

3

1.000

 Malignancy

2

6

8

0.016

Chief complaint

 Lower back pain

24

2

26

0.000

 Radiating pain

10

0

10

0.007

 Hip pain

2

10

12

0.000

Other cause of pain

23

8

31

0.034

 Acute vertebral compression fracture

9

2

11

0.273

 Spinal stenosis

17

0

17

0.000

 Other PIF

3

2

5

1.000

 Acute hip fracture

1

4

5

0.047

  1. BMI body mass index, PIF pelvic insufficiency fracture
  2. Values in parenthesis for osteoporosis represent the number of patients with available bone mineral density (BMD) results