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Table 1 The baselines of participants

From: Repetitive brief ischemia accelerates tibial shaft fracture healing: a 5-years prospective preliminary clinical trial (PCT)

 

RBI therapy group (n = 16)

Control group (n = 16)

P value

Age(y)

47.75 ± 15.28

39.75 ± 15.08

0.147

Sex

 Female

5

5

 < 0.99

 Male

11

11

 < 0.99

BMI(kg/m2)

23.25 ± 2.80

26.01 ± 5.22

0.073

Affected side

 Left

8

10

0.722

 Right

8

6

0.722

Fracture type

 42A1

11

11

 < 0.99

 42A2

1

1

 < 0.99

 42B2

3

3

 < 0.99

 42C2

1

1

 < 0.99

Injury reason

 Falling by self

13

9

0.252

 Traffic accident

3

7

0.252

Timing between trauma and surgical treatment(d)a

4.0 (6.0–2.0)

5.0 (3.5)

0.761

Combination diseases

 Hypertension

6

2

0.22

 Diabetes mellitus

3

0

0.226

 Coronary heart disease

2

0

0.484

 Cerebral infarction

0

0

 < 0.99

Allergic history

3

1

0.6

Smoking history

8

2

0.054

Excessive drinking history

4

3

 < 0.99

  1. aBecause the data is skewed distribution, it was represented by median (quartile range) and compared by Mann–Whitney U test. The enumeration data was compared by Fischer’s exact test as the small size