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Table 2 Demographic characteristics

From: Epidemiological characterization of tibial plateau fractures

Variable

Category

n = 1165

%

Gender

Male

851

73.0

 

Female

314

27.0

Extremity

Left

  

Extremity

Right

618

53.0

Fracture type

Closed fracture

547

47.0

Fracture type

Open fracture

1085

93.1

Mechanism of injury

Work accident

80

6.9

Mechanism of injury

Fall from a height

3

0.3

*Vehicle type

Road crash accident

31

2.7

Sport-related injury

1115

95.7

Blunt trauma

1

0.1

Others

1

0.1

Motor bicycle

14

1.2

Bicycle

921

82.6

Car

33

3.0

Associated injuries

Present

161

14.4

Of soft tissues

Absent

914

78.5

  

251

21.5

  1. Data taken from investigations group database—December 2015 to May 2017