| |
Control group
|
PNI group
|
|---|
|
proportion of all leg injured patients (%)
|
98,2
|
1,8
|
|
male (%)
|
68,4
|
80,0
|
|
mean/median age (years)
|
46,7/46,0 (SD 21,8)
|
38,1/36,0 (SD 17,1)
|
|
1–15 years (%)
|
3,4
|
2,2
|
|
16–59 years (%)
|
67,5
|
86,1
|
|
60–69 years (%)
|
10,0
|
6,5
|
|
70–79 years (%)
|
10,3
|
4,1
|
|
80 years or more (%)
|
8,9
|
1,1
|
- Table_epidemiology_control_PNI: This table shows epidemiological data of 60,422 lower extremity trauma patients with and without ascertained peripheral nerve injury. Supplementary to the mean age of both groups a further classification into 5 age bands was performed. Control group leg trauma patients without recorded nerve injury, PNI group leg trauma patients with accompanying nerve injury, SD standard deviation
