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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: Distal tibial distraction osteogenesis—an alternative approach to addressing limb length discrepancy with concurrent hindfoot and ankle reconstruction

 

n

%

Range

Mean

SD

Total n

Age

  

43–74

47.47

13.36

19

Sex

     

19

 Male

12

63%

    

 Female

7

37%

    

Laterality

     

19

 Left

4

21%

    

 Right

15

79%

    

 BMI

  

24–38

27.72

4.05

19

Etiology

   

19

 Tibial fracture

7

37%

    

 Clubfoot deformity

5

26%

    

 Talar fracture

3

16%

    

 Malpositioned fusion

2

10.5%

    

 Gunshot wound

2

10.5%

    

Comorbidities

 Low back pain

12

63%

    

 Hyperlipidemia

4

21%

    

 HTN

3

16%

    

 Depression

2

10.5%

    

 Smoking

2

10.5%

    

 Reiter’s disease

1

5%

    

 DM

0

0%

    

Follow up (weeks)

  

33.71–220

77.39

44.37

 
  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus