Table 2: Patient demographics and baseline clinical characteristics when comparing the clinical outcomes between fractures with posterior cortex comminution and those with posterior and anterior cortex comminution.

Comminution only at the posterior cortex
(n = 58)
Comminution at both the anterior and posterior cortex
(n = 3)
p-value
Age, years 82 (54-98) 83 (79-85) 0.80*
Sex (F/M) 50/8 3/0 0.49†
Height, cm 149 (129-172) 148 (144-151) 0.88*
Weight, kg 45 (29-69) 47 (44-50) 0.71*
Implant type (plate/nail) 53/5 3/0 0.59†
Tip apex distance 19.1 (9.1-34.2)  23.6 (10.1-30.0) 0.61*

Results are expressed as median (range) unless stated otherwise.
* Mann–Whitney U test
† χ2 test