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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data comparison between Group 1 and Group 2

From: Calcar fracture gapping: a reliable predictor of anteromedial cortical support failure after cephalomedullary nailing for pertrochanteric femur fractures

Characteristic

Group 1 (n = 113)

Group 2 (n = 46)

p value

Age (years)

82.0 ± 9.2

84.4 ± 7.0

0.116

Sex (%)

  

0.114

 Male

39 (34.5)

10 (21.7)

 

 Female

74 (65.5)

36 (78.3)

 

Side (%)

  

0.757

 Left

51 (45.1)

22 (47.8)

 

 Right

62 (54.9)

24 (52.2)

 

AO/OTA classification (%)

  

0.005

 A1

52 (46.0)

10 (21.7)

 

 A2

61 (54.0)

36 (78.3)

 

Reduction quality score; Good/Acceptable (%)

104/9 (92.0/8.0)

11/35 (23.9/76.1)

< 0.001

NSA (degree)

130.8 ± 6.0

131.0 ± 5.3

0.810

TAD (mm)

24.00 ± 7.19

23.68 ± 6.97

0.794

Cal-TAD (mm)

24.06 ± 5.87

25.00 ± 6.91

0.387

Calcar fracture gapping in AP view (mm)

2.36 ± 1.57

7.09 ± 2.70

< 0.001

Calcar fracture gapping in lateral view (mm)

2.22 ± 1.61

5.89 ± 3.27

< 0.001

Parker ratio in AP view (%)

41.91 ± 7.84

43.32 ± 8.46

0.315

Parker ratio in Lat view (%)

47.12 ± 8.74

44.72 ± 8.32

0.114