Research Article
Management of Blunt Sternal Fractures in a Community-Based Hospital
Table 2
Comparison between belted and unbelted MVC patients with sternal fracture in terms of different variables.
| Variables | Seat belt | Total | value | Yes | No |
| Age | Mean (Stdev) | 40.5 (13.9) | 35.8 (16.8) | 39.7 (14.2) | 0.510a |
| Sex | Male | 35 (92.1) | 9 (81.8) | 44 (89.9) | 0.311b | Female | 3 (7.9) | 2 (18.2) | 5 (10.1) |
| Site of fracture | Manubrium and upper body | 29 (76.3) | 7 (63.6) | 36 (73.5) | 0.451b | Middle and lower body | 9 (23.7) | 4 (36.4) | 13 (26.5) |
| Displacement | Yes | 16 (42.1) | 7 (63.6) | 23 (46.9) | 0.306b | No | 22 (57.9) | 4 (36.4) | 26 (53.1) |
| Displacement (mm) | Mean (Stdev) | 2 (2.31) | 1.43 (0.79) | 1.83 (1.97) | 0.805b |
| ECG | Normal | 18 (64.3) | 4 (66.7) | 22 (64.7) | 1.000b | Abnormal | 10 (35.7) | 2 (33.3) | 12 (35.3) |
| Troponin | Normal | 30 (93.8) | 10 (100) | 40 (95.2) | 1.000b | High | 2 (6.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.8) |
| ISS | Mean (Stdev) | 10 (6.84) | 14.9 (16.52) | 11 (9.62) | 0.650a |
| GCS | Mean (Stdev) | 38 (100) | 10 (90.9) | 48 (98) | 0.224b |
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a: Fisher’s exact test; b: Mann–Whitney test; Stdev: standard deviation.
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