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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics between two groups

From: Perioperative antiplatelet in elderly patients aged over 70 years treated with proximal femur fracture: continue or discontinue?

Variables

Control group (n = 107)

Study group (n = 47)

p-value

Age (years)

81.5 ± 7.0

81.5 ± 6.3

0.971

Gender (male: female)

32: 75

11: 36

0.408

Time to operation (days)

2.7 ± 3.6

2.3 ± 1.5

0.546

ASA grade

  

0.405

 II

4

0

 

 III

94

43

 

 IV

9

4

 

BMI (kg/m2)

21.7 ± 4.0

22.2 ± 4.1

0.524

BMD (T-score)

−3.04 ± 1.15

−2.91 ± 1.03

0.535

Preoperative Hb (g/dL)

11.2 ± 1.5

10.8 ± 1.3

0.201

Preoperative Hct (%)

33.3 ± 4.5

32.6 ± 3.5

0.323

Underlying disease

 Cardiovascular

83(77.6%)

45(95.7%)

0.006

 Endocrinologic

29(27.1%)

24(51.1%)

0.004

 Pulmonary

10(9.3%)

3(6.4%)

0.755

 Neurologic

27(25.2%)

12(25.5%)

0.969

 Nephrologic

11(10.3%)

6(12.8%)

0.650

 Hemato-oncologic

15(14.0%)

6(12.8%)

0.835

  1. Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, BMI Body mass index, BMD bone mineral density, Hb hemoglobin, Hct hematocrit
  3. Bold indicates a statistically significant value (< 0.05)