Table 1 Baseline participant characteristics for all participants
| Â | Joint replacement | Long bone fractures | Short bone fractures |
|---|---|---|---|
Continuous variables: N = 34 |  |  |  |
 Agea: mean (SD) | 60.6 (10.1) | 47.9 (17.4) | 39.8 (15.7) |
 BMIb: mean (SD) | 31.5 (8.3) | 26.2 (3.7) | 27.4 (4.9) |
Categorical variables N/34 (%) | |||
 Female (%) | 16 (47) | 21 (62) | 12 (35) |
 Atopyc (%) | 17 (50) | 18 (53) | 16 (47) |
 Non-smoker (%) | 31 (91) | 29 (85) | 27 (79) |
 Ethnicity |  |  |  |
  European (%) | 24 (71) | 27 (79) | 28 (82) |
  Maori (%) | 6 (18) | 5 (15) | 3 (8) |
  Pacific (%) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) |
  Asian (%) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
  Other (%) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
 Steroid medicationd |  |  |  |
  Oral steroids (%) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
  Intranasal steroids (%) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 4 (12) |
  Topical (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) |