Table 1 Gender differences in the clinical characteristics of TSFs among the elderly.
From: Epidemiological characteristics of traumatic spinal fractures among the elderly in China
Data | Total | Male | Female | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 1415 | 471 | 944 | |
Age | ||||
60–70 | 686 (48.5%) | 244 (51.8%) | 442 (46.8%) | 0.087 |
70–80 | 533 (37.7%) | 160 (34.0%) | 373 (39.5%) | 0.049 |
≥ 80 | 196 (13.9%) | 67 (14.2%) | 129 (13.7%) | 0.837 |
Chronic disease | ||||
Hypertension | 194 (13.7%) | 55 (11.7%) | 139 (14.7%) | 0.137 |
Diabetes mellitus | 84 (5.9%) | 25 (5.3%) | 59 (6.3%) | 0.557 |
Heart disease | 108 (7.6%) | 41 (8.7%) | 67 (7.1%) | 0.334 |
Lung disease | 64 (4.5%) | 24 (5.1%) | 40 (4.2%) | 0.551 |
Tumor | 26 (1.8%) | 7 (1.3%) | 19 (0.1%) | 0.628 |
Previous history | ||||
Smoking | 122 (8.6%) | 97 (20.6%) | 25 (2.6%) | < 0.001 |
Drinking | 39 (2.8%) | 39 (8.3%) | 0 | < 0.001 |
Injury season | ||||
Spring | 321 (22.7%) | 117 (24.8%) | 204 (21.6%) | 0.194 |
Summer | 351 (24.8%) | 124 (26.3%) | 227 (24.0%) | 0.384 |
Autumn | 372 (26.3%) | 115 (24.4%) | 257 (27.2%) | 0.286 |
Winter | 371 (26.2%) | 115 (24.4%) | 256 (27.1%) | 0.305 |
Injury cause | ||||
RTCs | 113 (8.0%) | 65 (13.8%) | 48 (5.1%) | < 0.001 |
LHF | 566 (40.0%) | 175 (37.2%) | 391 (41.4%) | 0.137 |
HHF | 95 (6.7%) | 73 (15.5%) | 22 (2.3%) | < 0.001 |
DFI | 231 (41.1%) | 133 (28.2%) | 448 (47.5%) | < 0.001 |
Others | 41 (4.2%) | 25 (5.3%) | 35 (3.7%) | 0.205 |
Injury circumstances | ||||
Indoors | 348 (24.6%) | 102 (21.7%) | 246 (26.1%) | 0.081 |
Outdoors | 739 (52.2%) | 298 (63.3%) | 441 (46.7%) | < 0.001 |
Others | 328 (23.2%) | 71 (15.1%) | 257 (27.2% | < 0.001 |
Coma after injury | 27 (1.9%) | 19 (4.0%) | 8 (0.8%) | < 0.001 |
Associated injuries | ||||
LLFs | 35 (2.5%) | 22 (4.7%) | 13 (1.4%) | < 0.001 |
ULFs | 21 (1.5%) | 8 (1.7%) | 13 (1.4%) | 0.812 |
PFs | 20 (1.4%) | 13 (2.8%) | 7 (0.7%) | 0.005 |
RFs | 40 (3.8%) | 31 (6.6%) | 23 (2.4%) | < 0.001 |
CCIs | 48 (3.4%) | 27 (5.7%) | 21 (2.2%) | 0.595 |
ITIs | 77 (5.4%) | 48 (10.2%) | 29 (3.1%) | < 0.001 |
IAIs | 7 (0.5%) | 6 (1.3%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0.011 |
Complications | ||||
DVT | 14 (1.0%) | 3 (0.6%) | 11 (1.2%) | 0.508 |
Pneumonia | 21 (1.5%) | 11 (2.3%) | 10 (1.1%) | 0.102 |
Pressure sores | 4 (0.3%) | 1 (0.2%) | 3 (0.3%) | 1.000 |
Urinary infection | 3 (0.2%) | 0 | 3 (0.3%) | 0.541 |
Dead | 1 (0.1%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 | 0.723 |
Fracture location | ||||
C | 94 (6.6%) | 75 (15.9%) | 19 (2.0%) | < 0.001 |
T | 456 (32.2%) | 106 (22.5%) | 350 (37.1%) | < 0.001 |
L | 623 (44.0%) | 221 (46.9%) | 402 (42.6%) | 0.136 |
C + T | 6 (0.4%) | 5 (1.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0.030 |
C + L | 2 (0.1%) | 2 (0.4%) | 0 | 0.210 |
T + L | 231 (16.3%) | 61 (13.0%) | 170 (18.0%) | 0.019 |
Others | 3 (0.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | 2 (0.2%) | 1.000 |
NSFs | 281 (19.9%) | 76 (16.1%) | 205 (21.7%) | 0.016 |
SCI | ||||
A | 51 (3.6%) | 41 (8.7%) | 10 (1.1%) | < 0.001 |
B | 10 (0.7%) | 6 (1.3%) | 4 (0.4%) | 0.144 |
C | 27 (1.9%) | 16 (3.4%) | 11 (1.2%) | 0.007 |
D | 133 (9.4%) | 55 (11.7%) | 78 (8.3%) | 0.048 |
E | 1194 (84.4%) | 353 (74.9%) | 841 (89.1%) | < 0.001 |
Treatments | ||||
PVP/PKP | 805 (56.9%) | 187 (39.7%) | 618 (65.5%) | < 0.001 |
Conservative treatment | 315 (22.3%) | 104 (22.1%) | 211 (22.4%) | 0.962 |
Give up surgery | 59 (4.2%) | 24 (5.1%) | 35 (3.7%) | 0.276 |
Posterior surgery | 172 (12.2%) | 102 (21.7%) | 70 (7.4%) | < 0.001 |
Anterior surgery | 50 (3.5%) | 42 (8.9%) | 8 (0.8%) | < 0.001 |
Others | 14 (1.0%) | 12 (2.5%) | 2 (0.2%) | < 0.001 |
