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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study subjects among the anterior, medial, and posterior groups

From: A comparative study on the validity and reliability of anterior, medial, and posterior approaches for internal fixation in the repair of fractures of the coronoid process of the ulna

Subjects

The anterior group (n = 73)

The medial group (n = 32)

The posterior group (n = 42)

p*

p #

p &

Mean age (years)

46.4 ± 9.4

45.3 ± 8.1

44.7 ± 7.2

0.567

0.313

0.738

Gender (male/female)

46/27

25/7

30/12

0.175

0.417

0.597

Injuries site

 Left elbow joint

28 (38.36%)

10 (31.25%)

15 (35.71%)

0.486

0.843

0.806

 Right elbow joint

45 (61.64%)

22 (68.75%)

27 (64.29%)

Cause of injuries

 Exercise injuries

24 (32.88%)

9 (28.13%)

14 (33.33%)

0.321

0.921

0.581

 Falling injury

17 (23.29%)

12 (37.50%)

11 (26.19%)

 Traffic injury

32 (43.84%)

11 (34.38%)

17 (40.48%)

UCP fractures combined with elbow joint dislocation

 Yes

41 (56.16%)

13 (40.63%)

23 (54.76%)

0.203

> 0.999

0.250

 No

32 (43.84%)

19 (59.38%)

19 (45.24%)

Regan–Morrey classification

 II

47 (64.38%)

15 (46.88%)

28 (66.67%)

0.131

0.842

0.101

 III

26 (35.62%)

17 (53.13%)

14 (33.33%)

Injury to surgery (d)

4.3 ± 1.3

4.2 ± 1.7

4.1 ± 1.4

0.711

0.442

0.747

  1. UCP fracture ulnar coronoid process fracture, n number
  2. * Comparison of the medial approach and anterior median approach groups; # comparison of the posterior approach and former median approach groups; & comparison of the posterior approach and medial approach groups