Table 1 Study population characteristics and comparison of the 404 patients deceased or survived within 36 months after hip fracture. Continuous variables are presented with mean and standard deviation

Age

82.6 (± 6.5)

83.8 (± 6.5)

81.7 (± 6.4)

0.002

Sex

 Female

295 (73.0%)

113 (67.3%)

182 (77.1%)

0.037

Living in nursing home

136 (33.7%)

76 (55.9%)

60 (44.1%)

< 0.001

Not having a partner

293 (72.5%)

129 (76.8%)

164 (69.5%)

0.132

Independent in walking indoors before fracture

350 (87.5%)

135 (82.3%)

215 (91.1%)

0.014

Independent in P-ADL before fracture

173 (43.3%)

40 (24.4%)

133 (56.4%)

< 0.001

Normal vision

231 (61.8%)

90 (60.4%)

141 (62.7%)

0.740

Normal hearing

299 (76.5%)

119 (73.9%)

180 (78.3%)

0.381

Pulmonary disease

58 (14.5%)

34 (20.7%)

24 (10.3%)

0.006

Cerebrovascular disease

94 (23.5%)

48 (28.9%)

45 (19.7%)

0.042

Cardiovascular disease

215 (53.9%)

108 (65.1%)

107 (45.9%)

< 0.001

Cancer (current)

41 (10.3%)

29 (17.7%)

12 (5.1%)

< 0.001

Diabetes

72 (17.9%)

38 (22.8%)

34 (14.5%)

0.045

Depression pre fracture

154 (38.5%)

83 (50.3%)

71 (30.2%)

< 0.001

 Depression, but not dementia

60 (15.0%)

24 (14.5%)

36 (15.3%)

0.943

Dementia pre fracture^a

167 (41.3%)

94 (56.0%)

73 (30.9%)

< 0.001

 Dementia, but not depression

72 (18.0%)

34 (20.6%)

38 (16.2%)

0.315

 Dementia and depression

94 (23.5%)

59 (35.8%)

35 (14.9%)

< 0.001

Fermoral neck fracture

329 (81.6%)

140 (83.3%)

189 (80.4%)

0.540

 Undisplaced/minimally displaced (B1)

88 (21.8%)

40 (45.5%)

48 (54.5%)

 Basicervical (B2)

14 (3.5%)

10(71.4%)

4 (28.6%)

 Displaced (B3)

226 (56.3%)

90 (39.6%)

137 (60.4%)

Intertrochanteric fracture

74 (18.4%)

28 (16.7%)

46 (19.6%

 Trochanteric (A1-A2.1)

38 (9.4%)

11 (28.9%)

27 (71.1%)

 Trochanteric (A2.2-A2.3)

21 (5.2%)

10 (47.6%)

11 (52.5%)

 Trochanteric (A3)

15 (3.7%)

7 (46.7%)

8 (53.3%)