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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Jun 1;135(10):2394–2401. doi: 10.1038/jid.2015.197

Table 4.

Clinical and demographic factors independently associated with severity of post-burn pruritus (N = 412).

β1 95% CI P
Age −0.092 −0.27-0.09 0.337
Female sex 0.90 0.29-1.51 0.004
Burn size 0.283 0.06-0.50 0.012
≥1 Operation 0.29 −0.30-0.89 0.330
Severe HTS 1.54 0.97-2.12 <0.001
Race (Ref: White)
 Asian 1.32 0.23-2.40 0.017
 Black/AA 0.90 −0.67-2.47 0.261
 Native American −0.27 −1.69-1.16 0.711
 Other/multiple 0.75 −0.23-1.74 0.132
1

Linear regression coefficient, representing the difference in mean itch score associated with each factor.

2

For 10 additional years of age.

3

For an additional 10% total body surface area burned.

Bold indicates statistical significance (P<0.05).

AA, African American; Ref, referent category.