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Table 2 Potential risk factors of death in very old patients

From: Management of pertrochanteric fractures in patients over 90 years: In-hospital mortality rate, complications and associated risk factors

Parameters

Death (n = 6)

std

No death (n = 65)

Std

P-value+*

Age

92.7

1.8

92.5

2.4

0.664

n/comorbidities

6.0

3.3

5.1

2.4

0.538

n/medications

9.0

4.6

8.7

2.8

0.689

Time: admission to surgery [h]

16.7

13.4

31.3

45.0

0.142

n/complications

0.8

1.0

0.5

0.7

0.448

  1. n/comorbidites: Number of comorbidities; n/medicactions: number of medications at admission; time: admission to surgery [h]: time between admission to surgery in hours; n/complications: number of complications; std.: standard deviation
  2. * Mann-Whitney-U-Test