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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of patients with fall-induced hip fractures across all study sites

From: Characteristics of falls among older hip fracture patients from six Chinese hospitals: a post-hoc descriptive analysis

Characteristic

Co-management program

Orthopedics-led usual care

P value*

 

JST

(N = 1021)

BJ (N = 199)

AZ (N = 77)

CP (N = 174)

SY (N = 259)

LX (N = 162)

Subtotal (N = 871)

Age (years), Mean ± SD

80.4 ± 7.8

82.8 ± 7.4

81.3 ± 6.6

79.8 ± 7.3

80.5 ± 7.4

80.2 ± 7.3

80.9 ± 7.4

0.083

Age group, n (%)

       

0.070

65–69

130 (12.7)

12 (6.0)

3 (3.9)

22 (12.6)

25 (9.7)

13 (8.0)

75 (8.6)

 

70–74

119 (11.7)

19 (9.5)

10 (13.0)

23 (13.2)

32 (12.4)

30 (18.5)

114 (13.1)

 

75–79

164 (16.1)

28 (14.1)

13 (16.9)

23 (13.2)

52 (20.1)

31 (19.1)

147 (16.9)

 

80–84

268 (26.2)

52 (26.1)

27 (35.1)

53 (30.5)

66 (25.5)

41 (25.3)

239 (27.4)

 

≥ 85

340 (33.3)

88 (44.2)

24 (31.2)

53 (30.5)

84 (32.4)

47 (29.0)

296 (34.0)

 

Female, n (%)

747 (73.2)

136 (68.3)

60 (77.9)

100 (57.5)

164 (63.3)

118 (72.8)

578 (66.4)

0.001

Independent living, n (%)

122 (11.9)

26 (13.1)

3 (3.9)

21 (12.1)

25 (9.7)

14 (8.6)

89 (10.2)

0.233

Living in urban areas, n (%)

941 (92.2)

193 (97.0)

72 (93.5)

61 (35.1)

68 (26.3)

74 (45.7)

468 (53.7)

< 0.001

Education, n (%)

       

< 0.001

No education

185 (18.1)

37 (18.6)

13 (16.9)

56 (32.2)

88 (34.0)

47 (29.0)

241 (27.7)

 

Primary school or lower

266 (26.1)

29 (14.6)

29 (37.7)

72 (41.4)

118 (45.6)

64 (39.5)

312 (35.8)

 

Junior high school

265 (26.0)

64 (32.2)

15 (19.5)

36 (20.7)

49 (18.9)

41 (25.3)

205 (23.5)

 

Senior high school or technical secondary school

157 (15.4)

43 (21.6)

10 (13.0)

9 (5.2)

2 (0.8)

8 (4.9)

72 (8.3)

 

University or higher

148 (14.5)

26 (13.1)

10 (13.0)

1 (0.6)

2 (0.8)

2 (1.2)

41 (4.7)

 

Hip fracture types, n (%)

       

< 0.001

Neck of femur

518 (50.7)

105 (52.8)

37 (48.1)

53 (30.5)

26 (10.0)

67 (41.4)

288 (33.1)

 

Intertrochanteric

480 (47.0)

93 (46.7)

38 (49.4)

117 (67.2)

226 (87.3)

95 (58.6)

569 (65.3)

 

Subtrochanteric

23 (2.3)

1 (0.5)

2 (2.6)

4 (2.3)

7 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

14 (1.6)

 
  1. *P-values indicate the significant differences in selected characteristics between Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, where the multidisciplinary co-management was implemented and all other hospitals. JST: Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, BJ: Beijing Hospital, AZ: Beijing Anzhen Hospital, CP: Beijing Changping District Hospital, SY: Beijing Shunyi District Hospital, LX: Beijing Liangxiang Hospital