Research Article
Bone Fracture Patterns and Distributions according to Trauma Energy
Table 6
Bivariate analysis between genders and age groups according to low- and high-energy injuries, n = 3066.
| | | Males | Females | | Low energy | High energy | Test statistic | -value | Low energy | High energy | Test statistic | -value |
| | Age (years), mean (SD) | 38.18 (28.56) | 32.92 (15.43) | t (1810) = 4.52 | <0.001 | 55.48 (27.21) | 31.18 (19.5) | t(1252) = 12.77 | <0.001 |
| | Age groups | | Children (≤9) | 257 (23.9) | 53 (7.2) | χ2(7) = 423.70 | <0.001 | 142 (13.8) | 26 (11.4) | χ2(7) = 315.4 | <0.001 | | Adolescent (10–18) | 148 (13.8) | 71 (9.6) | 49 (4.8) | 53 (23.2) | | Adults | 437 (40.6) | 601 (81.7) | 432 (42.1) | 143 (62.7) | | 19–30 years | 106 (9.9) | 220 (29.9) | 24 (2.3) | 49 (21.5) | | 31–40 years | 94 (8.7) | 187 (25.4) | 49 (4.8) | 25 (11) | | 41–50 years | 78 (7.2) | 112 (15.2) | 57 (5.6) | 29 (12.7) | | 51–60 years | 86 (8) | 59 (8) | 121 (11.8) | 26 (11.4) | | 61–70 years | 71 (6.6) | 23 (3.1) | 181 (17.6) | 14 (6.1) | | Elderly (≥71) | 236 (21.9) | 11 (1.5) | 403 (39.3) | 6 (2.6) |
| | Associated injuries | | Open fracture | 29 (2.7) | 130 (17.7) | χ2(1) = 122.32 | <0.001 | 9 (0.9) | 15 (6.6) | χ2(1) = 29.34 | <0.001 | | Pathological fracture | 26 (2.4) | 0 | χ2(1) = 18.04 | <0.001 | 68 (6.6) | 0 | χ2(1) = 15.98 | <0.001 | | Vascular injury | 20 (1.9) | 18 (2.4) | χ2(1) = 0.733 | 0.392 | 10 (1) | 0 | χ2(1) = 1.18 | 0.278 | | Neurological injury | 9 (0.8) | 39 (5.3) | χ2(1) = 33.75 | <0.001 | 6 (0.6) | 6 (2.6) | χ2(1) = 6.23 | 0.013 |
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