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Table 1 Demographic data (mean (±SD) or median (min-max) or number of patients)

From: Physical function and pain after surgical or conservative management of multiple rib fractures – a follow-up study

 

Stabilizing surgery (n = 31)

Conservatively treated (n = 30)

p-value

Sex, male/female

22/9

25/5

0.363

Age, years

58.3 (14.6)

58.4 (16.1)

0.908

Height, m

1.78 (1.09)

1.77 (0.09)

0.965

Weight, kg

81.4 (18.5)

85.6 (14.2)

0.175

BMI, kg/m2

25.5 (7.0)

27.4 (4.6)

0.231

Lung-disease, n (%)

2 (6 %)

3 (10 %)

0.671

Smoking history, yes/no/X

5/18/8

6/13/11

0.508

Time since trauma, years

1.8 (0.5)

4.5 (1.2)

<0.001

Number of ribs fractured, n

9 (4–20)

7 (5–13)

0.089

ISS, score

22 (9–48)

18.5 (9–45)

0.439