Table 1

Percentages of abused and control children, by type, who had bruises in the stated regions

RegionAbusedControlsp value
p values for comparing the median number of bruises in each region obtained using the Mann–Whitney test.
Left ear130<0.001
Right ear30 0.028
Left face361<0.001
Right face292<0.001
Other head and neck263<0.001
Anterior chest and abdomen254<0.001
Back3812<0.001
Buttocks203<0.001
Left arm3018 0.008
Right arm2915 0.003
Left leg2627 0.98
Right leg2819 0.079