TABLE 1.
Paediatric patient's general characteristics
| Variables | Scar types | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal scar | Hypertrophic scar | Total | |||||
| n | % | N | % | n | % | ||
| Gender | .738 | ||||||
| Male | 61 | 61.0% | 52 | 63.4% | 113 | 62.1 | |
| Female | 39 | 39.0% | 30 | 36.6% | 69 | 37.9 | |
| Age, mean ± SD | 3.87 ± 3.62 | 4.05 ± 3.03 | .722 | 3.95 ± 3.35 | |||
| Cause of burn injury | .548 | ||||||
| Scald | 84 | 84.0% | 73 | 89.0% | 157 | 86.3 | |
| Electrical | 5 | 5.0% | 4 | 4.9% | 9 | 4.9 | |
| Contact | 9 | 9.0% | 3 | 3.7% | 12 | 6.6 | |
| Others (fire and flame) | 2 | 2.0% | 2 | 2.4% | 4 | 2.2 | |