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. 2023 Feb 9;20(6):2082–2086. doi: 10.1111/iwj.14077

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