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Table 1 Comparison of the patient characteristics for hip fracture with and without low muscle mass

From: Low muscle mass affect hip fracture treatment outcomes in older individuals: a single-institution case-control study

Variables

Low muscle mass

N = 231

Without low muscle mass

N = 106

P-value

Sex

male

N = 61

female

N = 170

total

male

N = 6

female

N = 100

total

male

female

total

< 0.0001

Age (years)

82.4 ± 7.0

84.3 ± 7.1

83.8 ± 7.1

80.5 ± 8.1

85.0 ± 6.9

84.7 ± 7.0

0.307

0.616

0.262

BMI (kg/m2)

19.6 ± 3.1

19.1 ± 2.8

19.2 ± 2.9

23.5 ± 3.8

22.6 ± 3.0

22.7 ± 3.0

0.004

0.0001

< 0.0001

Cognitive impairment (N, %)

28, 45.9%

85, 50.0%

113, 48.9%

1, 16.7%

49, 46.2%

50, 47.2%

0.148

0.737

0.635

Home residence (N, %)

46, 75.4%

112, 65.9%

158, 68.4%

5, 83.3%

76, 76.0%

81, 76.4%

0.664

0.081

0.132

Barthel index (before injury)

70.5 ± 32.7

67.9 ± 30.7

68.5 ± 31.2

81.7 ± 27.3

76.7 ± 25.2

77.2 ± 25.3

0.426

0.02

0.019

GNRI

90.2 ± 11.2

89.8 ± 9.5

89.9 ± 9.9

100.9 ± 11.4

99.0 ± 8.7

99.2 ± 8.8

0.03

0.0001

< 0.0001

Osteoporosis (N, %)

37, 60.7%

145, 85.3%

182, 78.8%

2, 33.3%

73, 72.3%

75, 70.8%

0.195

0.013

0.108

Femoral neck fracture (N, %)

24, 39.3%

87, 51.2%

111, 48.1%

5, 83.3%

29, 29.0%

34, 32.1%

0.038

0.001

0.006

SMI (kg/m2)

5.40 ± 0.70

4.68 ± 0.49

4.87 ± 0.64

7.08 ± 1.16

6.08 ± 0.57

6.14 ± 0.65

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. BMI Body mass index, GNRI Geriatric nutritional risk index, SMI Skeletal mass index