Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study patients, 11 May 2018 to 31 October 2020, Gaza, Palestine
Characteristics | All Patients (N = 244) | Orthopedic (N = 64) | Orthopedic and Plastic (N = 135) | Ortho-Plastic (N = 45) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age, years – Mean ± SD | 28.8 ± 8.3 | 29.9 ± 9.2 | 27.7 ± 7.5 | 30.8 ± 8.6 | 0.05* |
Gender – n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Male | 242 (99.2%) | 63 (98.4%) | 134 (99.3%) | 45 (100.0%) | 0.69‡ |
 Female | 2 (0.8%) | 1 (1.6%) | 1 (0.7%) | 0 (0.0%) |  |
Smoking – n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Yes | 114 (48.1%) | 29 (46.8%) | 65 (48.9%) | 21 (48.8%) | 0.96†|
 No | 123 (51.9%) | 33 (53.2%) | 68 (51.1%) | 22 (51.2%) |  |