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Table 1 epidemiological characteristics of patients with distal radius fracture

From: Epidemiology of distal radius fractures in children and adults during the COVID-19 pandemic – a two-center study

Variable

2020 (pandemic)

2019 (no pandemic)

the difference between2020 and 2019

P

total number of patients

180

212

−15.10%

0.44816

number of children (< 18 years of age)

77

80

−3.80%

0.31

number of adults (>  18 years of age)

103

132

−22%

0,01253*

the number of children treated conservatively

64

69

−7.20%

0.37679

the number of adults treated conservatively

83

119

−30.30%

0,03618*

number of children treated surgically

13

11

18.20%

0.37679

% of children treated with surgery

16.9

13.8

22.50%

 

number of adults treated surgically

20

13

53.80%

0,03618*

% of adults treated with surgery

19.4

9.8

98%

 

number of adults treated surgically - volar plate

11

4

275%

 

number of adults treated surgically - Kirschner wires

9

9

0%

0.78903

mean age of all patients

37 years, 2 months

40 years, 1 month

−7.20%

0.29329

mean age of adult patients

57 years, 9 months

58 years

−0.20%

0.94019

mean age of childhood patients

9 years, 8 months

10 years, 6 months

−7.50%

0.11946

average length of hospitalization in case of adult surgery [days]

2.55

2.92

−12.70%

0.40053

average length of hospitalization in case of surgical treatmentof children [days]

3.38

3.82

−11.50%

0,03857*

the ratio of men to women

1.5

0.72

208.30%

0.62895

* - p<0.05