Table 3 Baseline characteristics for different PROximal Fracture of the Humerus Evaluation by Randomisation (PROFHER) patient populations
From: The impact of surgeon and patient treatment preferences in an orthopaedic trauma surgery trial
Excluded patients | Eligible patients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Excluded based on exclusion criteria or other valid reason | B Other sole reason for exclusion assessed to be lack of equipoise | C Total | D Non-consent | E Consented and randomised | F Total | p value for B vs F1 | p value for D vs E2 | |
Characteristic | (N = 570) | (N = 117) | (N = 687) | (N = 313) | (N = 250) | (N = 563) | ||
Gender | ||||||||
Male, n (%) | 160 (28%) | 25 (21%) | 185 (27%) | 75 (24%) | 58 (23%) | 133 (24%) | 0.5863 | 0.8003 |
Female, n (%) | 404 (72%) | 92 (79%) | 496 (73%) | 236 (76%) | 192 (77%) | 428 (76%) | ||
Missing, n | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Age (years) | ||||||||
N | 531 | 113 | 644 | 298 | 250 | 548 | ||
Mean (SD) | 70.6 (16.77) | 69.9 (14.63) | 70.5 (16.41) | 68.5 (13.04) | 66.0 (11.94) | 67.4 (12.60) | 0.0624 | 0.0224 |
Median | 74.1 | 72.0 | 73.6 | 70.6 | 66.9 | 69.1 | ||
< 65 years, n (%) | 180 (34%) | 32 (28%) | 212 (33%) | 109 (37%) | 108 (43%) | 217 (40%) | 0.0243 | 0.1143 |
≥ 65 years, n (%) | 351 (66%) | 81 (72%) | 432 (67%) | 189 (63%) | 142 (57%) | 331 (60%) | ||
Missing, n | 39 | 4 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
Fracture type | ||||||||
One or both tuberosities involved, n (%) | 342 (60%) | 69 (59%) | 411 (60%) | 229 (73%) | 193 (77%) | 422 (75%) | < 0.0013 | 0.2723 |
Neither tuberosity involved, n (%) | 228 (40%) | 48 (41%) | 276 (40%) | 84 (27%) | 57 (23%) | 141 (25%) | ||
Affected shoulder | ||||||||
Left, n (%) | 273 (51%) | 62 (54%) | 335 (51%) | 160 (53%) | 125 (50%) | 285 (52%) | 0.6563 | 0.4863 |
Right, n (%) | 266 (49%) | 53 (46%) | 319 (49%) | 142 (47%) | 125 (50%) | 267 (48%) | ||
Missing, n | 31 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
Days since injury | ||||||||
N | 570 | 117 | 687 | 313 | 250 | 563 | 0.8535 | 0.1115 |
Mean (SD) | 4.9 (4.93) | 5.6 (5.41) | 5.0 (5.01) | 5.2 (4.72) | 5.7 (4.89) | 5.4 (4.80) | ||
Median | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||