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Table 4 Associations between variables of the victims and anatomical site of injuries

From: Epidemiological pattern of injuries among road traffic crash victims: the first experience of a large tertiary care hospital in the West Bank of Palestine

Anatomical site/variable

      

95% CI for aOR

 
 

β

SE

Wald

p-value

aOR

Lower

Upper

Abdomen

 Age

 < 30

-0.23

0.18

1.58

0.209

0.79

0.55

1.14

 ≥ 30

Reference

 Seatbelt

No

0.63

0.17

13.39

 < 0.001

1.88

1.34

2.63

Yes

Reference

Back

 Age

 < 30

Reference

 ≥ 30

0.54

0.18

8.84

0.003

1.71

1.20

2.45

 Gender

Male

Reference

Female

0.45

0.18

6.10

0.013

1.56

1.10

2.23

 Seatbelt

No

0.19

0.16

1.43

0.232

1.21

0.89

1.64

Yes

Reference

Upper limbs

 Age

 < 30

Reference

 ≥ 30

0.18

0.11

2.49

0.114

1.20

0.96

1.50

 Gender

Male

Reference

Female

0.26

0.12

4.48

0.034

1.29

1.02

1.64

Lower limbs

 Age

 < 30

Reference

 ≥ 30

0.12

0.16

0.53

0.466

1.12

0.82

1.53

 Gender

Male

Reference

Female

0.24

0.16

2.28

0.131

1.27

0.93

1.72

 Position

Driver

Reference

Front passenger seat

0.09

0.18

0.24

0.621

1.09

0.77

1.54

Back passenger seat

-0.55

0.18

9.79

0.002

0.58

0.41

0.81

Pedestrian

0.88

0.23

14.76

 < 0.001

2.41

1.54

3.78

Pelvis

 Age

 < 30

Reference

 ≥ 30

0.61

0.27

5.02

0.025

1.84

1.08

3.12

 Position of the victim

Driver

Reference

Front passenger seat

-0.22

0.36

0.37

0.542

0.80

0.40

1.62

Back passenger seat

-0.77

0.40

3.74

0.053

0.46

0.21

1.01

Pedestrian

0.93

0.34

7.39

0.007

2.54

1.30

4.98

Chest

 Age

 < 30

Reference

 ≥ 30

0.46

0.21

5.12

0.024

1.59

1.06

2.38

 Gender

Male

Reference

Female

0.64

0.23

7.50

0.006

1.89

1.20

2.98

 Seatbelt

No

Reference

Yes

-0.33

0.19

2.89

0.089

0.72

0.49

1.05

 Deployed airbag

No

Reference

Yes

-0.28

0.20

1.99

0.158

0.76

0.52

1.11

Head

 Age

 < 30

Reference

 ≥ 30

-0.20

0.18

1.17

0.280

0.82

0.57

1.18

 Seatbelt

No

0.40

0.17

5.30

0.021

1.49

1.06

2.10

Yes

Reference

Neck

 Age

 < 30

Reference

 ≥ 30

0.93

0.21

19.68

 < 0.001

2.54

1.68

3.82

 Gender

Male

Reference

Female

1.07

0.20

29.66

 < 0.001

2.91

1.98

4.28

 Deployed airbag

No

0.62

0.18

12.03

0.001

1.85

1.31

2.63

Yes

Reference

  1. aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, SE Standard error