Table 1 Principal demographic and clinical features of patients studied
Nonunion Grade | Grade III | Grade IV | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item | Group A | Group B | Group C | P-value | Group A | Group B | Group C | P-value |
Age | 23 (19 to 50) | 26 (18 to 38) | 28 (20 to 46) | 0.71 | 23 (19 to 30) | 28 (22 to 38) | 24 (18 to 31) | 0.06 |
Sex M/F | 10/1 | 7/0 | 7/0 | 0.52 | 10/0 | 6/1 | 9/2 | 0.38 |
Injured side L/R | 7/4 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0.59 | 6/4 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 0.73 |
Dominance Y/N | 9/2 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 0.42 | 6/4 | 5/2 | 6/5 | 0.77 |
Time from initial injury to surgery (Mo) | 8 (6 to 24) | 7 (6 to 16) | 8 (6 to 10) | 0.48 | 10 (6 to 15) | 9 (6 to 15) | 11 (6 to 24) | 0.67 |
Current smoker Y/N | 3/8 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0.99 | 3/7 | 2/5 | 4/7 | 0.93 |
Diabetes Y/N | 2/9 | 1/6 | 2/5 | 0.78 | 2/8 | 1/6 | 1/10 | 0.78 |