Table 3.

Linear regression analysis between defect size and predictors in non-operated patients

Predictor	SE	β	p-valuea)
Age	0.02	0.05	0.217
Mechanism of trauma
Assault	-	-	(Reference)
Fall	0.24	− 0.01	0.861
Slip	0.12	0.01	0.748
Sports injury	0.14	0.00	0.949
Traffic accident	0.16	0.02	0.647
Location of fracture
Inferior wall	0.18	− 0.08	0.182
Medial wall	0.18	0.06	0.367
Both	-	-	(Reference)
Type of fracture
Linear (medial or inferior)	-	-	(Reference)
Open-door (medial or inferior)	0.14	0.74	< 0.001
Trapdoor (medial or inferior)	0.14	0.33	< 0.001
Open-door (both)	0.31	0.63	< 0.001
Trapdoor (both)	0.30	0.34	< 0.001
Open/trapdoor (both)	0.32	0.39	< 0.001

SE, standard error; β, correlation coefficient.

^a)Linear regression analysis.