Below-elbow or above-elbow cast for conservative treatment of extra-articular distal radius fractures with dorsal displacement: a prospective randomized trial

Table 1 Patient characteristics of the total population

	Total population (N = 72)	Short cast (N = 36)	Long cast (N = 36)	p value
Age at time of the injury (years) Mean ± sd	70.9 ± 14.8	72.3 ± 14.4	69.5 ± 15.2	0.434^a
Gender Female N (%)	65 (90.3%)	33 (91.7%)	32 (88.9%)	0.999^b
Side Rigth N (%)	25 (34.7%)	13 (36.1%)	12 (33.3%)	0.804^c

Variables age, gender, side are not statistically associated to short/long cast variable
^at test
^bFisher’s exact test
^cPearson Chi-square test

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