Characteristic | Total n=108 |
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Age, mean (SD) years | 41.9 (17.1) |
Gender, n (%) | |
Female | 27 (25.0) |
Male | 81 (75.0) |
BMI, (kg/m2), n (%) | |
Underweight <18.5 | 4 (3.7) |
Normal weight 18.5-24.9 | 37 (34.3) |
Overweight 25-29.9 | 39 (36.1) |
Obese 30-39.9 | 21 (19.4) |
Morbidly obese ≥40 | 7 (6.5) |
Ethnicity, n (%) | |
White | 68 (63.0) |
Black | 24 (22.2) |
Hispanic/Latino | 8 (7.4) |
East Asian | 2 (1.9) |
Middle Eastern | 5 (4.6) |
Indigenous | 1 (0.9) |
Employment prior to injury, n (%) | 69 (63.9) |
Highest level of education completed, n (%) | |
8th grade or less | 1 (1.0) |
9th to 12 grade, no diploma | 10 (9.3) |
General education diploma or high school graduate | 39 (36.1) |
Some college, no degree | 23 (21.3) |
Associates degree (2-year degree) | 8 (7.4) |
Bachelors/college degree | 12 (11.1) |
Some graduate work, no degree | 1 (0.9) |
Graduate degree | 7 (6.5) |
Professional degree | 3 (2.8) |
Prefer not to answer | 4 (3.7) |
Smoking history, n (%) | |
No, never smoked | 42 (38.9) |
Yes, previously smoked | 22 (20.4) |
Yes, smokes currently | 44 (40.7) |
Number of open fractures, n (%) | |
1 | 98 (90.7) |
2 | 8 (7.4) |
3 | 2 (1.9) |
Location of fracture, n (%) | n=120 fractures among 108 patients |
Clavicle | 1 (0.8) |
Femur/femoral shaft | 15 (12.5) |
Fibula | 2 (1.7) |
Foot/ankle | 14 (11.7) |
Hand | 7 (5.8) |
Humerus/humeral shaft | 13 (10.8) |
Patella | 1 (0.8) |
Radius/radial shaft | 10 (8.3) |
Tibia/tibial shaft | 49 (40.8) |
Ulna/ulnar shaft | 8 (6.7) |
Gustilo classification of fracture, n (%) | n=120 fractures among 108 patients |
I | 22 (18.3) |
II | 36 (30.0) |
IIIA | 41 (34.2) |
IIIB | 13 (10.8) |
IIIC | 8 (6.7) |