Table 4.
Univariate and multivariate analysis for healing of UBC in observed patients (n = 77)
|
Clinical factors |
No. of healing (%) |
Univariate analysis |
Multivariate analysis |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P -value a | P -value b | OR c (95%CI d ) | ||
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
18/49 (37%) |
p = 0.082 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| Female |
5/28 (18%) |
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| Age, years |
|
|
|
|
| <20 |
19/53 (36%) |
p = 0.088 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| ≧20 |
4/24 (17%) |
|||
| Site |
|
|
|
|
| Long bone |
17/50 (34%) |
p = 0.281 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| Others |
6/27 (22%) |
|||
| Size, cm |
|
|
|
|
| ≧5 |
12/31 (39%) |
p = 0.164 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| <5 |
11/46 (24%) |
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| Multilocular |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
13/27 (48%) |
p = 0.010 |
n.s. |
⁻ |
| No |
10/50 (20%) |
|||
| Ballooning |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
15/34 (44%) |
p = 0.015 |
n.s. |
⁻ |
| No |
8/43 (19%) |
|||
| Cortex |
|
|
|
|
| <2 mm |
17/44 (39%) |
p = 0.052 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| ≧2 mm |
6/33 (18%) |
|||
| Pathological fracture at first visit |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
14/28 (50%) |
p = 0.004 |
p = 0.004 |
5.31 (1.73-16.31) |
| No |
9/49 (18%) |
|||
| Hisory of biopsy |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
8/14 (57%) |
p = 0.019 |
p = 0.013 |
5.47 (1.44-20.76) |
| No | 15/63 (24%) | |||
achi-square test and Fisher’s exact test. bmultiple logistic regression. ORc, odds ratio. CId, confidence interval.