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Table 4 Predictors in model for distal radius 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)

0.40 (0.25–0.54)

1.04 (1.02–1.06)

Swelling wrist

2.07 (1.44–2.70)

7.92 (4.24–14.8)

Visible deformation

1.38 (0.59–2.17)

3.97 (1.81–8.74)

Distal radius tender to palpation

2.75 (1.22–4.28)

15.7 (3.40–72.4)

Pain on palmar flexion

0.64 (-0.15–1.43)

1.90 (0.86–4.18)

Pain on supination

0.81 (0.15–1.47)

2.25 (1.16–4.37)

Pain on ulnar deviation

−0.67 (-1.35–0.02)

0.51 (0.26–1.02)

Pain on radioulnar ballottement test

0.56 (-0.02–1.15)

1.76 (0.98–3.16)

  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