Study characteristics | Patients characteristics (Expose/control) | |||||||
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Author/year | Study location | Period of enrollment | Study design | Subjects | Age | Male | Fracture type | Right side |
Zhang et al. [16] | China | 2012–2015 | RCT | 48/74 | 39.85 ± 9.88/41.05 ± 11.47 | 29/43 | Femoral shaft fractures | – |
Du et al. [17] | China | 2016–2018 | RCT | 44/42 | 70.8(60–86)/72.2(60–88) | 12/11 | Intertrochanteric fractures | 23/20 |
Zhao et al. [18] | China | 2017–2017 | RCT | 30/36 | 79.5 ± 9.0/79.2 ± 9.0 | 6/15 | Intertrochanteric fractures | 25/41 |
Yan et al. [19] | China | 2015–2018 | RCT | 56/39 | 74.2 ± 12.2/78.8 ± 10.3 | 34/30 | Intertrochanteric fractures | – |