Table 1 Clinical characteristics of single and multi-segment vertebral fractures
Clinical variables | SSVF | MSVF-2 | MSVF-3/m | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 944) | (N = 161) | (N = 77) | ||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Gender | 0.996 | |||
Female | 769 (81.46) | 131 (81.37) | 63 (81.82) | |
Male | 175 (18.54) | 30 (18.63) | 14 (18.18) | |
Age for patients (in years) | 0.083 | |||
< 60 | 113 (11.97) | 17 (10.56) | 9 (11.76) | |
60–70 | 305 (32.31) | 53 (32.92) | 24 (31.32) | |
70–80 | 313 (33.16) | 38 (23.60) | 28 (36.36) | |
> 80 | 213 (22.56) | 53 (32.92) | 16 (20.78) | |
Age for females (in years) | 0.018 | |||
< 60 | 95 (12.35) | 11 (8.40) | 4 (6.35) | |
60–70 | 263 (34.20) | 44 (33.59) | 24 (38.10) | |
70–80 | 260 (33.81) | 34 (25.95) | 25 (39.68) | |
> 80 | 151 (19.64) | 42 (32.06) | 10 (15.87) | |
Age for males (in years) | 0.025 | |||
< 60 | 18 (10.29) | 6 (20.00) | 5 (35.71) | |
60–70 | 42 (24.00) | 9 (30.00) | 0 (0.00) | |
70–80 | 53 (30.29) | 4 (13.33) | 3 (21.43) | |
> 80 | 62 (35.43) | 11 (36.67) | 6 (42.86) | |
Spine trauma | < 0.0001 | |||
Apparent trauma | 580 (61.44) | 71 (44.10) | 28 (36.36) | |
Uncertain trauma | 112 (11.86) | 12 (7.45) | 11 (14.29) | |
No evident trauma | 252 (26.69) | 78 (48.45) | 38 (49.35) | |
Duration of pre-hospital back pain | < 0.0001 | |||
≤ 1 week | 556 (58.90) | 73 (45.34) | 20 (25.97) | |
1–2 week | 157 (16.63) | 20 (12.42) | 15 (19.48) | |
2–4 week | 134 (14.19) | 37 (22.98) | 12 (15.58) | |
1–3 month | 54 (5.72) | 20 (12.42) | 19 (24.68) | |
> 3 month | 43 (4.56) | 11 (6.83) | 11 (14.29) | |
Type of comorbidity | ||||
Hypertension | 458 (48.52) | 70 (43.48) | 31 (40.26) | 0.219 |
Diabetes | 160 (16.95) | 17 (10.56) | 14 (18.18) | 0.111 |
Coronary heart disease | 117 (12.39) | 17 (10.56) | 8 (10.39) | 0.725 |
Cerebral infarction | 204 (21.61) | 31 (19.25) | 13 (16.88) | 0.523 |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 34 (3.60) | 10 (6.21) | 4 (5.19) | 0.262 |
Number of comorbidity | 0.443 | |||
0 | 359 (38.03) | 69 (42.86) | 37 (48.05) | |
1 | 306 (32.42) | 51 (31.68) | 18 (23.38) | |
2 | 187 (19.81) | 30 (18.63) | 14 (18.18) | |
3 | 76 (8.05) | 10 (6.21) | 8 (10.39) | |
4 | 16 (1.69) | 1 (0.62) | 0 (0.00) | |