Table 2 Univariable analysis of the clinical factors associated with mVSS in 69 pathological scars.
Characteristics | mVSS | P value |
|---|---|---|
Age, years | 0.059 (0.013, 0.106) | 0.014 |
Duration, years | 0.045 (−0.073, 0.163) | 0.459 |
Scar length, mm | 0.091 (0.055, 0.126) | < 0.00001 |
Scar width, mm | 0.189 (0.094, 0.283) | 0.00021 |
Supracutaneous height, mm | 1.262 (0.821, 1.702) | < 0.00001 |
Intradermal height, mm | 0.569 (0.156, 0.982) | 0.009 |
Scar thickness, mm | 0.594 (0.345, 0.843) | 0.00001 |
EMWHOLE | 0.020 (0.012, 0.029) | 0.00003 |
EMHARDEST | 0.016 (0.011, 0.022) | < 0.00001 |
EMNORMAL | 0.012 (−0.007, 0.031) | 0.204 |
Gender | ||
Male | Reference | |
Female | −0.545 (−1.977, 0.887) 0.45851 | 0.459 |
Treatment | ||
Untreated | Reference | |
Glucocorticoid | 1.132 (−0.632, 2.896) | 0.213 |
Laser | −2.931 (−6.459, 0.597) | 0.108 |
Operation | 1.355 (−1.070, 3.780) | 0.278 |
Others | 0.569 (−3.696, 4.835) | 0.794 |
Mixed | 0.269 (−2.532, 3.071) | 0.851 |
Scar location | ||
Head and neck | Reference | |
Limbs | −0.563 (−3.324, 2.199) | 0.691 |
Chest and abdomen | 1.436 (−0.628, 3.500) | 0.177 |
Back | −0.042 (−2.535, 2.451) | 0.974 |
Echogenicity | ||
Uniform echo | Reference | |
Mixed echo | 2.759 (1.048, 4.470) | 0.002 |
Boundary | ||
Clear | Reference | |
Unclear | 0.748 (−1.077, 2.573) | 0.425 |
Infiltration depth | ||
Dermis | Reference | |
Subcutaneous fat layer | 2.798 (−0.196, 5.793) | 0.071 |
Subclinical fistulous tracts | ||
Absent | Reference | |
Present | 0.970 (−2.539, 4.478) | 0.590 |
Calcifications | ||
Absent | Reference | |
Present | 1.144 (−2.362, 4.650) | 0.525 |
Blood flow type | ||
Artery | Reference | |
Vein | −0.562 (−3.204, 2.079) | 0.678 |
Artery and vein | 0.438 (−1.659, 2.534) | 0.684 |
Absent | −2.167 (−4.228, −0.105) | 0.043 |
Blood flow distribution pattern | ||
Peripheral type | Reference | |
Central type | −1.643 (−3.864, 0.578) | 0.152 |
Mixed type | −0.765 (−2.898, 1.369) | 0.485 |
Absent | −3.167 (−5.139, −1.195) | 0.002 |
Alder | ||
No blood flow | Reference | |
I | 1.667 (−0.106, 3.440) | 0.070 |
II | 2.198 (0.461, 3.935) | 0.016 |
III | 3.348 (1.379, 5.318) | 0.001 |
Scar type | ||
Hypertrophic scar | Reference | |
Keloid | 2.386 (1.042, 3.730) | 0.001 |
