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Table 6 Univariate analysis for healing of UBC in humerus (n = 54)

From: Clinical factors affecting pathological fracture and healing of unicameral bone cysts

Clinical factors

No. of healing (%)

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

  

P-valuea

P-valueb

ORc(95%CId)

Sex

    

Male

26/42 (62%)

p = 0.539

  

Female

7/12 (58%)

Age, years

    

<20

29/46 (63%)

p = 0.374

  

20

4/8 (50%)

Phase

    

Active

9/21 (43%)

p = 0.028

p = 0.011

0.16 (0.04-0.65)

Latent

24/33 (73%)

Size, cm

    

5

19/31 (61%)

p = 0.975

  

<5

14/23 (61%)

Multilocular

    

Yes

21/34 (62%)

p = 0.898

  

No

12/20 (60%)

Ballooning

    

Yes

28/41 (68%)

p = 0.055

  

No

5/13 (38%)

Cortex

    

< 2 mm

28/46 (61%)

p = 0.626

  

2 mm

5/8 (63%)

Pathological fracture at first visit

    

Yes

27/43 (63%)

p = 0.433

  

No

6/11 (55%)

Hisory of biopsy

    

Yes

8/12 (67%)

p = 0.461

  

No

25/42 (60%)

Treatments

    

Surgery

18/23 (78%)

p = 0.026

p = 0.011

6.90 (1.57-30.33)

Observation

15/31 (48%)

   
  1. achi-square test and Fisher’s exact test. bmultiple logistic regression. ORc, odds ratio. CId, confidence interval.