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)	0.510^a
Sex	Male	35 (92.1)	9 (81.8)	44 (89.9)	0.311^b
	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)	0.451^b
	Middle and lower body	9 (23.7)	4 (36.4)	13 (26.5)
Displacement	Yes	16 (42.1)	7 (63.6)	23 (46.9)	0.306^b
	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)	0.805^b
ECG	Normal	18 (64.3)	4 (66.7)	22 (64.7)	1.000^b
	Abnormal	10 (35.7)	2 (33.3)	12 (35.3)
Troponin	Normal	30 (93.8)	10 (100)	40 (95.2)	1.000^b
	High	2 (6.3)	0 (0)	2 (4.8)
ISS	Mean (Stdev)	10 (6.84)	14.9 (16.52)	11 (9.62)	0.650^a
GCS	Mean (Stdev)	38 (100)	10 (90.9)	48 (98)	0.224^b

^a: Fisher’s exact test; ^b: Mann–Whitney test; Stdev: standard deviation.