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Table 1 Baseline demographics

From: Loss of health related quality of life following low-trauma fractures in the elderly

 

Home care (HC)

Long-term care (LTC)

p-value (HC vs LTC)

Patients, n

3303

1754

 

Age, years, mean (SD)

80.6 (10.4)

84.6 (82.7 (8.8)

<0.001

Men, %

19 %

18 %

0.322

Number of medications, mean (SD)

7.3 (2.3)

8.7 (4.9)

<0.001

Number of comorbidities, mean (SD)

2.4 (2.5)

8.0 (2.9)

<0.001

Concurrent medical conditions, %:

 • Endocrine or metabolism

19 %

43 %

<0.001

 • Heart or circulation

39 %

77 %

<0.001

 • Musculoskeletal

49 %

88 %

<0.001

 • Neurological

17 %

89 %

<0.001

 • Psychiatric or mood

9 %

73 %

<0.001

 • Pulmonary

10 %

59 %

<0.001

 • Sensory

11 %

20 %

<0.001

Pre-fracture HUI-2 utility score, mean (SD)

0.560 (0.191)

0.420 (0.004)

<0.001

Fractures, n

3303

1754

 

 Hip, n (%)

971 (29 %)

863 (49 %)

<0.001

 Wrist, n (%)

516 (16 %)

245 (14 %)

 Vertebral, n (%)

302 (9 %)

56 (3 %)

 Humerus, n (%)

286 (9 %)

113 (6 %)

 Other, n (%)

1132 (34 %)

431 (25 %)

 Multiple, n (%)

96 (3 %)

46 (3 %)

  1. HC home care, LTC long-term care, SD standard deviation, HUI-2 Health Utility Index Version 2