Research Article

Delayed Presentation of Patients with Hip Fractures during the COVID-19 “Stay-at-Home” Order in the Southmost Region of the United States

Table 3

Quantitative clinical characteristics of patients.

Variables, n (SD)All20192020-value+

Delay in presentation (days)2.6 (8.2)0.7 (2.3)4.8 (11.5)0.033
Hours from arrival to surgery40.5 (29.0)40.2 (29.0)40.9 (28.9)0.920
Hospital LOS in days5.9 (3.2)5.4 (2.5)6.5 (3.7)0.275
Number of days in ICU0.4 (1.7)0.1 (0.4)0.8 (2.4)0.152
Number of comorbidities2.7 (1.6)2.7 (1.6)2.5 (1.6)0.550

+: nonparametric test.