Effects of delayed hip replacement on postoperative hip function and quality of life in elderly patients with femoral neck fracture

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of C and D group

	C group	D group	P value ^a
Patients (number)	47	47	–
Demographics
Age (years)	70.6 ± 8.1	73.0 ± 7.0	0.124
Female (%)	36.0	34.0	0.829
BMI (body mass index: kg/m²)	21.68 ± 2.46	21.88 ± 1.78	0.655
Surgical delay time (days)	2.9 ± 1.8	115.1 ± 51.1	<0.001
Surgery methods (number)
Femoral head replacement	27 (57.4%)	31 (66.0%)	0.396
Total hip replacement	20 (42.6%)	16 (34.0%)	0.396
Charlson’s comorbidities index	3.1 ± 1.1	3.3 ± 1.0	0.352

^a Independent-Samples t-test was used for analyzing differences between means. The Chi-square test was used for analyzing differences between proportions

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