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Table 4 Predictors of healing, when LDI mean flux measurement is included, based on 310 burn areas for which flux measurements were available.

From: Using ordinal logistic regression to evaluate the performance of laser-Doppler predictions of burn-healing time

Parameter β ˆ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagaart1ev2aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacPC6xNi=xH8viVGI8Gi=hEeeu0xXdbba9frFj0xb9qqpG0dXdb9aspeI8k8fiI+fsY=rqGqVepae9pg0db9vqaiVgFr0xfr=xfr=xc9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaaeqabiWaaaGcbaGafqOSdiMbaKaaaaa@2D86@ se se* p-value 1 p-value 2
α 1 -0.292 0.764 1.115 0.77 0.79
α 2 - α 1 5.826 0.912 1.515 0.008 0.00012
Burn site 2 (extremity) 0.635 0.626 0.685 0.34 0.35
Burn site 3 (torso) 0.192 0.705 0.956 0.79 0.84
Burn site 4 (face) 0.580 1.384 8.19 0.78 0.94
Gender (female) -1.979 0.597 0.793 0.023 0.012
Race (black) -1.579 1.373 5.99 0.376 0.792
Age (yrs) -0.0002 0.012 0.014 0.993 0.990
(Age - 35)2 -0.0008 0.0004 0.00094 0.191 0.280
%TBSA 0.048 0.039 0.048 0.272 0.3248
Log of mean flux 9.367 1.190 2.35 .012 0.00007
  1. Meaning of headings as for table 3.
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BMC Medical Research Methodology

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