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. 2022 Jan 11;7(1):84–94. doi: 10.1530/EOR-20-0149

Table 4.

Crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) of surgical treatment. The crude as well as the adjusted odds ratio is shown for the categorical values used in the analysis.

Factor Crude Adjusted
OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Fracture type
 Anterior column Ref. Ref.
 Posterior wall 2.96 (2.34–3.75) <0.001 2.09 (1.57–2.80) <0.001
 Posterior column 1.93 (1.36–2.75) <0.001 1.61 (1.06–2.45) 0.026
 Anterior wall 0.15 (0.10–0.22) <0.001 0.24 (0.16–0.36) <0.001
 Both column 7.84 (6.11–10.13) <0.001 2.66 (1.99–3.57) <0.001
 Transverse 1.40 (1.05–1.85) 0.015 1.14 (0.82–1.60) 0.428
 Posterior column + posterior wall 12.50 (6.75–25.31) <0.001 5.58 (2.87–11.80) <0.001
 Transverse + posterior wall 8.31 (5.57–12.70) <0.001 3.70 (2.42–6.07) <0.001
 T-shaped 3.12 (2.27–4.33) <0.001 1.79 (1.23–2.62) 0.003
 Anterior column + posterior hemi transverse 4.09 (3.27–5.12) <0.001 1.92 (1.48–2.50) <0.001
Roof-arc angle
 AP < 40° Ref. Ref.
 AP > 40° 0.41 (0.36–0.47) <0.001 0.63 (0.52–0.75) <0.001
Fracture step
 >1 mm Ref. Ref.
 <1 mm 0.15 (0.13–0.17) <0.001 0.55 (0.45–0.67) <0.001
Fracture gap
 >3 mm Ref. Ref.
 2–3 mm 0.18 (0.15–0.21) <0.001 0.31 (0.25–0.38) <0.001
 0–1 mm 0.05 (0.04–0.06) <0.001 0.12 (0.09–0.15) <0.001
Comminution zone
 No Ref. Ref.
 <51% 4.38 (3.76–5.11) <0.001 1.45 (1.18–1.77) <0.001
 >50% 7.47 (5.55–10.20) <0.001 1.81 (1.29–2.59) 0.001
Injury extend
 Isolated pelvic fracture Ref. Ref.
 Multiple trauma 1.11 (0.95–1.30 0.166 1.14 (0.92–1.42) 0.233
 Polytrauma 0.88 (0.75–1.02) 0.089 1.06 (0.76–1.47) 0.742
Complex fracture
 No Ref. Ref.
 Yes 1.19 (0.89–1.62) 0.228 1.30 (0.87–1.98) 0.207
Gender
 Male Ref. Ref.
 Female 0.54 (0.47–0.62) <0.001 0.79 (0.66–0.95) 0.013
Patient admission
 Primary Ref. Ref.
 Secondary 3.26 (2.85–3.75) <0.001 1.90 (1.60–2.26) <0.001