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Table 2 Treatment characteristics, broken down by fracture type

From: Mortality following proximal femoral fractures in elderly patients: a large retrospective cohort study of incidence and risk factors

AO fracture type

31A1 (n = 180)

31A2 (n = 233)

31A3 (n = 160)

31B (n = 215)

Total (n = 788)

P-value

Age (years)

77.3 ± 9.5

76.9 ± 9.9

75.4 ± 10.4

74.4 ± 10.1

76.0 ± 10.0

0.01

Sex

     

0.58

 Male

86 (10.9%)

111 (14.1%)

83 (10.5%)

96 (12.2%)

376 (47.7%)

 

 Female

94 (11.9%)

122 (15.5%)

77 (9.8%)

119 (15.1%)

412 (52.3%)

 

Treatment

      

 DHS

75

83

22

-

180

 

 Bipolar hemiarthroplasty

44

40

28

207

319

 

 ORIF by plate

56

101

106

0

263

 

 Screw

0

0

0

3

3

 

 Non-operative

5

9

4

5

23

 

Total

180 (22.8%)

233 (29.6%)

160 (20.3%)

215 (27.3%)

788

 
  1. DHS: dynamic hip screw, ORIF: open reduction and internal fixation. Significant P-values are bold