Identification of factors predicting scar outcome after burn injury in children: a prospective case-control study

Burns & Trauma

Table 5 Logistic regression model for prediction of raised scar outcome

	Wald	df	p value	Odds ratio	95% CI for odds ratio
	Wald	df	p value	Odds ratio	Lower	Upper
Age (years)	0.580	1	0.446	1.044	0.935	1.165
%TBSA	7.669	1	0.006	1.158	1.044	1.285
Sex
Female sex^a	0.008	1	0.928	1.041	0.436	2.484
Level of surgical intervention (proxy for wound depth)
SSG ± ReCell^®b	1.558	1	0.212	0.446	0.126	1.584
Healed within 14 days
Not healed within 14 days^c	17.873	1	0.000	11.621	3.727	36.234
Multiple surgical procedures
Multiple surgical procedures^d	7.459	1	0.006	11.521	1.994	66.566
External cause of burn	2.759	3	0.430
External cause of burn × Level of surgical intervention (interaction)	7.169	3	0.067
Worst scar location	8.476	6	0.205
Constant	12.758	1	0.000	0.016

Odds ratios and confidence intervals for the association between patient, injury and clinical factors and risk of developing raised scar after burn injury (total n = 186; missing cases in this analysis = 32)
^aReference state = male
^bReference state = conservative treatment
^cReference state = healed within 14 days
^dReference state = 0 or 1 surgical procedures

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