Table 4 Threshold effect analysis of the correlation between EMWHOLE, EMHARDEST and mVSS in 69 pathological scars.

From: Correlation between elastic modulus and clinical severity of pathological scars: a cross-sectional study

 

mVSS

EMWHOLE*

EMWHOLE ≤ 166.6

0.020 (0.004, 0.036), P = 0.019

EMWHOLE > 166.6

−0.004 (−0.023, 0.015), P = 0.677

EMHARDEST#

EMHARDEST ≤ 133.07

0.031 (0.012, 0.050), P = 0.002

EMHARDEST > 133.07

0.003 (−0.004, 0.010), P = 0.382

  1. *Adjusted variables: age; duration; etiology; treatment; scar location; scar length; scar width; echogenicity; subclinical fistulous tracts; supracutaneous height; intradermal height; blood flow type; blood flow distribution pattern; scar type.
  2. #Adjusted variables: age; duration; etiology; scar location; scar length; scar width; echogenicity; subclinical fistulous tracts; supracutaneous height; blood flow type; scar type.
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