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Table 1 Patient demographics between the two groups

From: The diagnostic value of SPECT/CT in predicting the occurrence of osteonecrosis following femoral neck fracture: a prospective cohort study

Variables (mean, 95% CI)

Total (N = 30)

ONFH (N = 6)

Non-ONFH (N = 24)

p-value

Age (years)

64.3 (57.3–71.3)

44.2 (28.3–60.1)

69.3 (62.7–75.9)

0.009

Female (%)

63.3% (n = 19)

66.7% (n = 4)

62.5% (n = 15)

0.900

BMI (kg/m2)

21.8 (20.6–23.0)

22.8 (20.4–25.2)

21.5 (20.1–23.0)

0.273

BMD (g/cm2)

0.7 (0.7–0.8)

0.9 (0.7–1.0)

0.7 (0.6–0.8)

0.093

Displaced fracture (%)

30% (n = 9)

100% (n = 6)

12% (n = 3)

<  0.001

Duration of follow-up (years)

2.4 (2.2–2.5)

2.1 (2.0–2.2)

2.4 (2.3–2.6)

0.082

  1. BMI body mass index; BMD bone marrow density, CI confidence interval, ONFH osteonecrosis of the femur head