Table II.

Treatment differences on a yearly cross-sectional basis for PRWE and EQ-5D scores

Outcome/year	Wire (n = 217)		Plate (n = 231)		Raw difference (95% CI)	Adjusted difference (95% CI)	p-value*
	n	Mean (sd)	n	Mean (sd)
PRWE
1	198	15.1 (15.7)	204	14.1 (17.3)	1.04 (-2.20 to 4.29)	1.06 (-2.19 to 4.31)	0.521
2	137	11.7 (15.0)	157	13.6 (16.9)	-1.84 (-5.54 to 1.85)	-1.84 (-5.53 to 1.86)	0.328
3	106	9.9 (14.4)	129	11.1 (14.2)	-1.22 (-4.93 to 2.48)	-1.12 (-4.81 to 2.56)	0.549
4	97	8.7 (13.0)	110	11.6 (15.1)	-2.87 (-6.76 to 1.02)	-2.75 (-6.63 to 1.13)	0.164
5	93	8.3 (12.5)	105	11.3 (15.6)	-3.00 (-6.99 to 0.99)	-2.91 (-6.91 to 1.08)	0.152
EQ-5D
1	191	0.84 (0.19)	195	0.84 (0.20)	0.00 (-0.04 to 0.04)	0.00 (-0.04 to 0.04)	0.999
2	135	0.88 (0.15)	155	0.86 (0.18)	0.03 (-0.01 to 0.07)	0.03 (-0.01 to 0.06)	0.185
3	105	0.87 (0.19)	129	0.88 (0.17)	-0.01 (-0.05 to 0.04)	-0.01 (-0.05 to 0.04)	0.769
4	96	0.88 (0.16)	110	0.86 (0.18)	0.02 (-0.02 to 0.07)	0.02 (-0.02 to 0.07)	0.339
5	93	0.89 (0.17)	105	0.84 (0.20)	0.05 (0.00 to 0.10)	0.05 (0.00 to 0.10)	0.055

^*p-value from regression analysis after adjusting for age group and intra-articular extension

PRWE, patient-rated wrist evaluation; EQ-5D, EuroQol EQ-5D; CI, confidence interval