Table 2 Characteristics of 137 patients aged > 65 years after a hand/wrist/forearm injury evaluated 19–40 months after the injury

Do you smoke?^b

[yes/no; n(%)]

13(10)/120(90)

9(13)/61(87)

4(6)/59(94)

Do you use snuff?^b

[yes/no; n(%)]

6(5)/123(95)

6(9)/62(91)

0(0)/61(100)

Dominant hand^b

[right/left/both; n(%)]

111(83)/13(10)/10(7)

60(83)/6(8)/6(8)

51(82)/7(11)/4(7)

Uninjured hand^b [dominant or non-dominant; n(%)]

78(61)/50(39)

43(61)/27(39)

35(60)/23(40)

MHISS^c score (median[25th–75th percentiles])

18.0[6.0–31.0]

20.0[12.0–46.0]

10.0[4.0–27.5]

MHISS grade [mild/moderate/severe/major; n(%)]

87(64)/32(23)/10(7)/8(6)

43(59)/16(22)/7(10)/7(10)

44(69)/16(25)/3(5)/1(1)

Number of drugs (median[25th–75th percentiles])

2.0[0.0–4.0]

2.0[0.0–5.0]

2.0[0.0–4.0]

Number of drugs^b [0/1–4/> 4; n(%)]

36(27)/66(49)/33(24)

20(28)/30(42)/22(31)

16(25)/36(57)/11(18)