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Table 3 Predictors in model for all fracturesa

From: The Amsterdam wrist rules: the multicenter prospective derivation and external validation of a clinical decision rule for the use of radiography in acute wrist trauma

Predictor

Coefficient (95 % CI)

Odds ratio (95 % CI)

Age (per 10 years)

0.35 (0.22–0.49)

1.04 (1.02–1.05)

Sex (if male)

0.38 (–0.10–0.86)

1.46 (0.90–2.35)

Swelling wrist

1.48 (1.00–1.96)

4.40 (2.72–7.11)

Swelling anatomical snuffbox

0.47 (-0.08–1.02)

1.60 (0.92–2.78)

Visible deformation

1.32 (0.54–2.09)

3.73 (1.72–8.11)

Distal radius tender to palpation

0.88 (0.23–1.53)

2.41 (1.25–4.63)

Pain with radial deviation

0.67 (0.08–1.26)

1.95 (1.08–3.51)

Pain with axial compression of the thumb

−0.37 (-0.88–0.14)

0.69 (0.41–1.15)

  1. The coefficient of each dichotomous variable reflects the amount of change in the log odds of a fracture. The coefficient of the continuous variable age reflects the amount of change in the log odds of a fracture for every ten-year increase in age
  2. Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval
  3. aDerived from data from the academic hospital