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

Table 3.

Risk factors associated with severe postinjury shoulder pain (visual analog scale>40) at 6 weeks/3 months/6 months (n=120)

VAS>40 (6 weeks) VAS>40 (3 months) VAS>40 (6 months)



OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Age 1.03 (0.98-1.09) 0.256 1.04 (0.99-1.08) 0.069 0.99 (0.95-1.04) 0.691
Gender
 Male References NA References NA References NA
 Female 26.60 (2.36-299.47) 0.008* 1.79 (0.40-7.90) 0.445 0.73 (0.12-4.50) 0.735
OP
 No References NA References NA References NA
 Yes <0.01 (<0.01-0.02) <0.001* 0.04 (0.01-0.23) <0.001* 0.10 (0.01-0.75) 0.025*
Smoking
 No References NA References NA References NA
 Yes 6.47 (0.58-72.21) 0.129 0.42 (0.04-4.67) 0.477 1.74 (0.22-13.70) 0.598
DM
 No References NA References NA References NA
 Yes 4.42 (0.58-33.95) 0.153 2.29 (0.28-18.46) 0.437 3.14 (0.24-41.62) 0.385
Injury over dominant hand
 No References NA References NA References NA
 Yes 0.91 (0.18-4.70) 0.908 1.51 (0.38-5.97) 0.557 2.09 (0.40-10.93) 0.382
Shortening
 No References NA References NA References NA
 Yes 0.28 (<0.01-35.64) 0.604 0.00 (NA) 0.999 0.00 (NA) 0.999
Robinson classification
 2B1 References NA References NA References NA
 2B2 0.25 (0.02-2.85) 0.263 0.58 (0.05–6.21) 0.651 0.00 (NA) 0.999

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, VAS: Visual analog scale