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Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Age, mean (range) 49.5 (12–91)
Gender, No. (%)  
  Male 48 (67.6)
  Female 23 (32.4)
Follow-up in weeks, mean (range) 39 (21–64)
WHO region, No. (%)  
  Africa (Cameroon, Somaliland, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya) 27 (38)
  Eastern Mediterranean (Pakistan) 21 (29.6)
  Western Pacific (Cambodia, Mongolia, Philippines) 17 (23.9)
  Americas (Dominican, Haiti, Nicaragua) 3 (4.2)
  Southeast Asia (Bangladesh) 3 (4.2)
Representation by countrya, No. (%)  
  Pakistan 21 (29.6%)
  Ethiopia 15 (21.1%)
  Mongolia 10 (14.1%)
  Tanzania 8 (11.3%)
  Philippines 4 (5.6%)
  Bangladesh 3 (4.2%)
  Cambodia 3 (4.2%)
  Cameroon 2 (2.8%)
  Kenya 1 (1.4%)
  Dominican 1 (1.4%)
  Haiti 1 (1.4%)
  Nicaragua 1 (1.4%)
  Somaliland 1 (1.4%)
Open fracture, No. (%)  
  No 70 (98.6%)
  Yes 1 (1.4%)
Injury location, No. (%)  
  Intertrochanteric 55 (77.5%)
  Subtrochanteric 7 (9.9%)
  Intertrochanteric + subtrochanteric 4 (5.6%)
  Femoral neck 4 (5.6%)
  Femoral neck + intertrochanteric 1 (1.4%)
Days from injury to surgery, median (IQ range) 10 (5–21)
Lateral wall plate, No. (%)  
  Yes 29 (41%)
  No 42 (59%)
Distal fixation, No. (%)  
  Screw 66 (93%)
  Fin 1 (1.4%)
  None 1 (1.4%)
  Unknown 3 (4.2%)
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Countries represented are all low or middle income per WHO classification.

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