Manipulation of Displaced Distal Radial Fractures in the Superelderly: Prediction of Malunion and the Degree of Radiographic Improvement

Table 4

Significant predictors of improvement in dorsal angulation and ulna variance at 6 weeks.

Outcome variable	Risk factor		95% confidence interval	value*
Improvement in dorsal angulation; ()	Premanipulation dorsal angulation	0.66	0.47 to 0.84	<0.001
	(constant)	−3.17	−8.14 to −1.79	<0.001
Improvement in ulnar variance; ()	Premanipulation dorsal angulation	0.03	0.01 to 0.06	0.01
	Premanipulation ulnar variance	0.53	0.46 to 0.61	<0.001
	Dorsal comminution	1.43	0.52 to 2.34	0.002
	(constant)	−1.62	−1.88 to −1.35	0.002

Linearregression analysis.