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Table 1 Patients of study divided by sex, age range, type of treatment, and mechanism of injury according to AO-OTA [14] and Neer [15] classifications. (y, years old; N, number of cases; % group, percentage cases within this AO-OTA group or NEER group classification; % age, percentage cases within this range of age)

From: Epidemiology of proximal humerus fractures

 

AO_OTA classification

All

Neer classification

All

A

B

C

Non displaced

2-part

3-part

4-part

Fracture-dislocation

Female

< 50y

N

26

4

1

31

17

11

2

1

0

31

% age

83.9%

12.9%

3.2%

100%

54.8%

35.5%

6.5%

3.2%

0.0%

100%

% group

11.1%

1.8%

2.6%

6.3%

14.8%

6.9%

1.2%

3.0%

0.0%

6.3%

> 50y

N

208

219

37

464

98

149

159

32

26

464

% age

44.8%

47.2%

8.0%

100%

21.1%

32.1%

34.3%

6.9%

5.6%

100%

% group

88.9%

98.2%

97.4%

93.7%

85.2%

93.1%

98.8%

97.0%

100.0%

93.7%

Male

< 50y

N

21

7

1

29

13

8

5

1

2

29

% age

72.4%

24.1%

3.4%

100%

44.8%

27.6%

17.2%

3.4%

6.9%

100%

% group

26.3%

13.5%

9.1%

20.3%

32.5%

17.4%

13.9%

9.1%

20.0%

20.3%

> 50y

N

59

45

10

114

27

38

31

10

8

114

% age

51.8%

39.5%

8.8%

100%

23.7%

33.3%

27.2%

8.8%

7.0%

100%

% group

73.8%

86.5%

90.9%

79.7%

67.5%

82.6%

86.1%

90.9%

80.0%

79.7%

Treatment

Conservative

< 50y

N

35

7

0

42

30

8

3

0

1

42

% age

83.3%

16.7%

0.0%

100%

71.4%

19.0%

7.1%

0.0%

2.4%

100%

% group

13.0%

3.0%

0.0%

8.2%

19.9%

4.9%

1.9%

0.0%

3.3%

8.2%

> 50y

N

235

224

12

471

121

155

153

13

29

471

% age

49.9%

47.6%

2.5%

100%

25.7%

32.9%

32.5%

2.8%

6.2%

100%

% group

87.0%

97.0%

100%

91.8%

80.1%

95.1%

98.1%

100.0%

96.7%

91.8%

Surgery

< 50y

N

12

4

2

18

0

11

4

2

1

18

% age

66.7%

22.2%

11.1%

100%

0%

61.1%

22.2%

11.1%

5.6%

100%

% group

27.3%

9.1%

5.4%

14.4%

0%

25.6%

9.8%

6.5%

16.7%

14.4%

> 50y

N

32

40

35

107

4

32

37

29

5

107

% age

29.9%

37.4%

32.7%

100%

3.7%

29.9%

34.6%

27.1%

4.7%

100%

% group

72.7%

90.9%

94.6%

85.6%

100%

74.4%

90.2%

93.5%

83.3%

85.6%

Mechanics

High energy

N

15

6

2

23

5

9

5

2

2

23

% Hihg E

65.2%

26.1%

8.7%

100%

21.7%

39.1%

21.7%

8.7%

8.7%

100%

% group

4.8%

2.2%

4.1%

3.6%

3.2%

4.4%

2.5%

4.5%

5.6%

3.6%

Low energy

N

299

269

47

615

150

197

192

42

34

615

% Low E

48.6%

43.7%

7.6%

100%

24.4%

32.0%

31.2%

6.8%

5.5%

100%

% group

95.2%

97.8%

95.9%

96.4%

96.8%

95.6%

97.5%

95.5%

94.4%

96.4%