Do Systemic Factors Influence the Fate of Nonunions to Become Atrophic? A Retrospective Analysis of 162 Cases

Figure 9

Age of patients differed with numbers of allergies. (a) Patients without allergies suffering atrophic nonunions were significantly older than patients with hypertrophic nonunion (p=0.020). (b) Patients with atrophic nonunion and two allergies were significantly younger than atrophic nonunion patients with none (p=0.0149) or only one allergy (p=0.049) (Mann-Whitney U-test, =p≤0.05).

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