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Table 1 Patient characteristics by treatment allocation

From: Reduction of routine use of radiography in patients with ankle fractures leads to lower costs and has no impact on clinical outcome: an economic evaluation

  

usual care

reduced imaging

(N = 128)

(N = 118)

Male sex, n (%)

 

69 (53.9)

58 (48.7)

Age, mean (SD)

 

47.7 (18.5)

50.8 (18.2)

BMI, mean (SD)

 

25.8 (4.3)

27.3 (6.0)

Alcohol > 10 U/week, n (%)

 

22 (17.2)

16 (13.4)

Smoking > 10/day, n (%)

 

10 (7.8)

9 (7.6)

Operative treatment, n (%)

 

77 (60.2)

77 (64.7)

Lauge-Hansen18 classification, n (%)

SA

2 (1.6)

2 (1.7)

SE

94 (73.4)

94 (79.0)

PA/PE

31 (24.2)

23 (19.3)

missing

1 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

Weber19 classification, n (%)

A

2 (1.6)

2 (1.7)

B

93 (72.7)

94 (79.0)

C

27 (21.1)

21 (17.6)

missing

6 (4.7)

2 (1.7)

Malleolar involvement, n (%)

Uni-

66 (51.6)

64 (53.8)

Bi-

27 (21.1)

21 (17.6)

Tri-

35 (27.3)

34 (28.6)

ASA classification, n (%)

1

53 (41.4)

47 (39.5)

2

60 (46.9)

55 (46.2)

≥3

15 (11.7)

12 (7.7)

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation; SA Supination-adduction; SE Supination-external rotation; PA Pronation-adduction; PE Pronation-eversion; BMI Body Mass index; ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, available from: www.asahq.org