Table 6.
Univariate analysis for healing of UBC in humerus (n = 54)
|
Clinical factors |
No. of healing (%) |
Univariate analysis |
Multivariate analysis |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P -value a | P -value b | OR c (95%CI d ) | ||
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
26/42 (62%) |
p = 0.539 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| Female |
7/12 (58%) |
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| Age, years |
|
|
|
|
| <20 |
29/46 (63%) |
p = 0.374 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| ≧20 |
4/8 (50%) |
|||
| Phase |
|
|
|
|
| Active |
9/21 (43%) |
p = 0.028 |
p = 0.011 |
0.16 (0.04-0.65) |
| Latent |
24/33 (73%) |
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| Size, cm |
|
|
|
|
| ≧5 |
19/31 (61%) |
p = 0.975 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| <5 |
14/23 (61%) |
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| Multilocular |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
21/34 (62%) |
p = 0.898 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| No |
12/20 (60%) |
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| Ballooning |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
28/41 (68%) |
p = 0.055 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| No |
5/13 (38%) |
|||
| Cortex |
|
|
|
|
| < 2 mm |
28/46 (61%) |
p = 0.626 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| ≧2 mm |
5/8 (63%) |
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| Pathological fracture at first visit |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
27/43 (63%) |
p = 0.433 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| No |
6/11 (55%) |
|||
| Hisory of biopsy |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
8/12 (67%) |
p = 0.461 |
⁻ |
⁻ |
| No |
25/42 (60%) |
|||
| Treatments |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Surgery |
18/23 (78%) |
p = 0.026 |
p = 0.011 |
6.90 (1.57-30.33) |
| Observation | 15/31 (48%) | |||
achi-square test and Fisher’s exact test. bmultiple logistic regression. ORc, odds ratio. CId, confidence interval.