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Table 1 Patient characteristics according to treatment group. AO- Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen, ASA – American Society of Anaesthesiologists, y - years

From: Locking nail versus locking plate for proximal humeral fracture fixation in an elderly population: a prospective randomised controlled trial

  

Overall

LBN

PHILOS

P value

No. of patients (male / female)

 

68 (17 / 51)

36 (10 / 26)

32 (7 / 25)

0.780

Mean age at surgery (range), y

 

75.6 (60–92)

71.1 (60–87)

77.1 (60–92)

0.094

Right / Left ratio (%)

 

27 / 41 (40 / 60)

14 / 22 (39 / 61)

13 / 19 (41 / 59)

>  0.999

Dominant side affected (%)

 

29 / 39 (43 / 57)

15 / 21 (42 / 58)

14 / 18 (44 / 56)

>  0.999

ASA physical status classification

1

17 (25)

6 (17)

11 (34)

0.174

2

27 (40)

16 (44)

11 (34)

3

23 (34)

13 (36)

10 (31)

4

1 (2)

1 (3)

0 (0)

Neer Classification (%)

2-part

9 (13)

5 (14)

4 (13)

0.404

3-part

49 (72)

25 (69)

24 (75)

4-part

10 (15)

6 (17)

4 (13)

AO Classification (%)

A2

6 (9)

3 (8)

3 (9)

0.233

A3

7 (10)

6 (17)

1 (3)

B1

30 (44)

16 (44)

14 (44)

B2

2 (3)

2 (6)

0 (0)

C1

17 (25)

6 (17)

11 (34)

C2

6 (9)

3 (8)

3 (9)