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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 5 Risk factors for leg length discrepancy (≥ 1 cm) after pediatric tibial shaft fracture

From: Leg length discrepancy, overgrowth, and associated risk factors after a pediatric tibial shaft fracture

Variables

B

Exp (B)

95% CI for Exp (B)

p-value

Sex

2.003

7.410

1.499–36.620

0.014

Age (per year)

−0.157

0.855

0.686–1.033

0.164

Fracture location

 Proximal one-third

−18.195

0.000

0.000

0.999

 Middle one-third

0.941

0.278

0.075 to 1.027

0.102

 Distal one-third (reference)

Fibular involvement

0.924

2.521

0.775–8.201

0.125

Injury mechanism

high energy versus low energy

1.261

3.529

0.834–14.939

0.087

Treatment

Cast versus TEN

1.468

4.341

1.394–13.516

0.011

  1. CI confidence interval, TEN titanium elastic nailing