Table 1

Characteristics of patients in cohort and trial data sets

CharacteristicTrial data
Mean (SD); range
Cohort data
Mean (SD); range
Age79.4 (7.6); 66–9983.9 (7.7); 66–101
Trial data
N (%)
Cohort data
N (%)
Gender
 Male15 (25)108 (27)
 Female46 (75)292 (73)
Type of fracture
 Intracapsular27 (44)195 (49)
 Extracapsular20 (33)126 (31)
 Missing14 (23)79 (20)
Extracapsular fracture
 Pertrochanteric1 (5)2 (2)
 Intertrochanteric11 (55)130 (82)
 Subtrochanteric2 (10)13 (10)
 Missing6 (30)8 (6)
Type of surgery
 Total hip arthroplasty5 (8)27 (6)
 Hemiarthroplasty29 (47)159 (40)
 Internal fixation17 (28)151 (38)
 Intramedullary nailing2 (3)16 (4)
 No surgery0 (0)29 (7)
 Missing8 (14)18 (5)
Hospital
 Ysbyty Gwynedd11 (18)146 (37)
 Ysbyty Glan Clwyd34 (56)123 (31)
 Wrexham Maelor16 (26)131 (33)
Readmissions2 (3)58 (15)
Deaths1 (2)69 (17)
AccommodationBefore admissionAfter dischargeBefore admissionAfter discharge
Private property59 (97%)44 (72%)313 (78%)104 (26%)
Sheltered accommodation2 (3%)3 (5%)11 (3%)1 (<1%)
Residential home0 (0%)1 (2%)34 (8%)12 (3%)
Nursing home0 (0%)0 (0%)36 (9%)29 (7%)
Community hospital0 (0%)1 (2%)3 (1%)224 (56%)
Other acute hospital0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (<1%)6 (1%)
Missing0 (0%)12 (19%)2 (<1%)24 (6%)