Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics, and circumstances during crash according to the multiplicity of mandibular fractured sites.
| Variables of Interest | Multiplicity of fractured sites | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single site n=57 |
Multiple sites n= 75 |
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| Sex | Male | 48 (40%) | 72 (60%) | 0.02 |
| Female | 9 (75%) | 3 (25%) | ||
| Age group | 0-20 | 14 (56%) | 11 (44%) | 0.174 |
| 21-40 | 42 (41.6%) | 59 (58.4%) | ||
| 41-60 | 1 (16.7%) | 5 (83.3%) | ||
| Alcohol use by rider | Yes | 18 (45%) | 22 (55%) | 0.781 |
| No | 39 (42.4%) | 53 (57.6%) | ||
| Status of victim during crash | Rider | 32 (36%) | 57 (64%) | 0.046 |
| Pillion passenger | 19 (55.9%) | 15 (44.1%) | ||
| Pedestrian | 6 (66.7%) | 3 (33.3%) | ||
| Use of helmet | Yes | 25 (48.1%) | 27 (51.9%) | 0.203 |
| No | 26 (36.6%) | 45 (63.4%) | ||
| Type of helmet | Full face | 14 (82.4%) | 3 (17.6%) | 0.001 |
| Half face | 11 (31.4%) | 24 (68.6%) | ||
| Status of road maintenance | Well | 42 (41.2%) | 60 (58.8%) | 0.391 |
| Poor | 15 (50%) | 15 (50%) | ||
| Speed of motorcycle during crash | 0-30 | 6 (54.5%) | 5 (45.5%) | 0.727 |
| 31-60 | 36 (42.4%) | 49 (57.6%) | ||
| >60 | 15 (41.7%) | 21 (58.3%) | ||