Clinical outcome of open ankle fractures in patients above 70 years of age

Table 4 Predictors of poor outcome in patients with open ankle fractures > 70 years old

No.	Predictors	Number of patients (%)	P value
1	Diabetes mellitus	9 (24)	0.041
2	Anticoagulants/Antiplatelets intake: Warfarin/Apixaban; Aspirin/Clopidogrel; Dual antiplatelet therapy	20 (54); 9 (45); 9 (45); 2 (10)
3	Cardiac history (IHD, AF)	21 (57)	0.045
4	Chronic kidney disease	12 (32)
5	Cancer history	8 (22)	0.008
6	History of thromboembolic disease	3 (8)	0.001
7	Steroids intake	9 (24)	0.75

IHD: Ischemic heart disease; AF: Atrial fibrillation.