Effect of weekend admission on geriatric hip fractures

Table 2 Demographics and comorbidities for the weekday and weekend cohorts. Median and interquartile range are given for age

	Weekend		Weekday		P value
n	302		388
Age	85 (77-90)		85 (77-90)		0.8076
Sex
F	213 (70.5)		282 (72.7)		0.5515
ASA classification
1	0 (0)		2 (0.5)		0.2523
2	47 (15.6)		76 (19.6)
3	184 (60.9)		233 (60.1)
4	71 (23.5)		77 (19.9)
Hyperlipidemia	80 (26.5)		148 (38.1)		0.0014
Diabetes mellitus	81 (26.8)		93 (24.0)		0.4267
Renal disease	55 (18.2)		72 (18.6)		0.9215
Dementia	85 (28.2)		93 (24.0)		0.2206
Depression	29 (9.6)		36 (9.3)		0.8962
Cardiac disease	132 (43.7)		170 (43.8)		1
Respiratory disease	57 (18.9)		49 (12.6)		0.0257
Cancer	30 (9.9)		54 (13.9)		0.1274

n (%) of females in each cohort are given for gender. P values reflect Fisher’s Exact tests, with the exception of age, which represents a Wilcoxon rank sum test. ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.