Skip to main content

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 6 Risk factors for overgrowth (≥ 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

1.689

5.413

1.321–22.185

0.019

Age (per year)

−0.150

0.861

0.699–1.060

0.258

Fracture location

 Proximal one-third

−18.676

0.000

0.000

0.999

 Middle one-third

0.787

2.197

0.751–6.426

0.211

 Distal one-third (reference)

    

Fibular involvement

0.978

2.660

0.872–8.117

0.086

Injury mechanism high energy versus low energy

0.962

2.618

0.678–10.102

0.136

Treatment cast versus TEN

1.560

4.760

1.578–14.356

0.006

  1. CI confidence interval, TEN titanium elastic nailing