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. 2018 Oct-Dec;30(4):242–246. doi: 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_25_18

Table 2.

Risk factors associated with delayed union at 6-month postinjury (n=120)

Univariate Multivariate


OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Age 0.99 (0.96-1.03) 0.638 0.99 (0.95-1.03) 0.575
Gender
 Male References NA References NA
 Female 0.32 (0.07-1.54) 0.155 0.55 (0.10-3.16) 0.500
OP
 No References NA References NA
 Yes 0.11 (0.03-0.42) 0.001* 0.05 (0.01-0.33) 0.002*
Smoking
 No References NA References NA
 Yes 1.57 (0.43-5.73) 0.496 3.90 (0.61-25.21) 0.152
DM
 No References NA
 Yes 0.00 (NA) 0.999
Injury over dominant hand
 No References NA References NA
 Yes 0.93 (0.29-3.01) 0.899 1.06 (0.26-4.28) 0.938
Shortening
 No References NA References NA
 Yes 3.13 (0.26-37.19) 0.367 2.84 (0.17-48.27) 0.471
Robinson classification
 2B1 References NA References NA
 2B2 0.90 (0.18-4.53) 0.893 1.94 (0.25-15.09) 0.527

Data are presented as ORs (95% CI). *P<0.05 was considered statistically significant). OP: Operation received, DM: Diabetes mellitus, ORs: Odds ratios, NA: Not available, CI: Confidence interval