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Table 4 Injury characteristics of hospitalized elderly and adult patients with femoral fracture in fall accidents

From: Geriatric hospitalizations in fall-related injuries

Femoral fracture

Variables

Elderly

Adult

p

N = 1215

N = 270

Age

79.5

±7.0

53.8

±9.5

 

Gender, n (%)

    

<0.001

  Male

336

(27.7)

147

(54.4)

 

  Female

879

(72.3)

123

(45.6)

 

ISS

9.2

±1.5

9.7

±3.2

<0.001

NISS

9.6

±2.1

10.1

±3.7

<0.001

TRISS

0.965

±0.013

0.975

±0.019

<0.001

Mortality, n (%)

14

(1.2)

1

(0.4)

0.245

  Male

5

(1.5)

1

(0.7)

 

  Female

9

(1.0)

0

(0.0)

 

  AOR (95%CI)

3.1

(0.41-23.95)

  

0.271

LOS (days)

9.8

±7.1

8.5

±7.3

0.846

ICU

     

  Patients, n (%)

84

(6.9)

12

(4.4)

0.136

  <16

78

(6.5)

7

(2.7)

0.017

  16-24

4

(44.4)

1

(20.0)

0.360

  ≥25

2

(40.0)

4

(100.0)

0.058

 LICUS (days)

     

  <16

6.2

±9.2

7.9

±4.3

0.733

  16-24

12.5

±12.8

4

-

  ≥25

16.5

±13.4

6.5

±3.7

0.003

Operation, n (%)

    

<0.001

 Yes

438

(36.0)

142

(52.6)

 

 No

777

(64.0)

128

(47.4)

 

Operation

1.0

±0.8

1.0

±0.8

0.962

Diagnosis

     

  Femoral head

43

(3.5)

24

(8.9)

<0.001

  Femoral neck

533

(43.9)

112

(41.5)

0.474

  Intertrochanteric

586

(48.2)

89

(33.0)

<0.001

  Femoral shaft

70

(5.8)

53

(19.6)

<0.001