Clinical Study
The Variation in the Absence of the Palmaris Longus in a Multiethnic Population of the United States: An Epidemiological Study
Table 3
Ethnicity compared to absence of the PL.
| | Ethnicity | Absent PL
| Odds ratio
| 95% CI
| |
| | White | | | | | | Hispanic () | 87 (13.1%) | 1.00 | Reference group | — | | Non-Hispanic () | 25 (14.9%) | 1.16 | 0.71–1.87 | 0.530 | | African American () | 5 (4.5%) | 0.31 | 0.12–0.79 | 0.005 | | Asian () | 2 (2.9%) | 0.19 | 0.05–0.81 | 0.008 |
| | Total () | 119 (11.8%) | | | |
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Chi-squared (, df = 3, ).
PL: palmaris longus; CI: confidence interval.
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