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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Classification of avulsion fractures of the fifth metatarsal base using three-dimensional CT mapping and anatomical assessment: a retrospective case series study

 

Number (percentage)

Participant (%)

222 (100.0)

 Male

97 (43.8)

 Female

125 (56.2)

Age, average (range), y

49.1 ± 14.33 (18–81)

Classification of fracture

 Ekrola I (%)

90 (40.5)

 Ekrola II (%)

39 (17.6)

 Ekrola III (%)

54 (24.3)

 Special types (%)

39 (17.6)

  1. a Ekrol classified Lawrence zone I fractures into three types: type I: avulsion fractures of the tip of the tuberosity; type II: oblique fracture lines from the tuberosity to the fifth metatarso-cuboid joint; type III: transverse fractures just passing through the junction between the fourth and fifth metatarsal bases