Table 3.

Logistic regression coefficients and odds ratios for predictors of mortality among spinal injured patients

Parameters	Ba	OR	95% CI	p value
Age	- 0.006	0.994	0.989 - 0.999	0.015
Mechanism of Injury				< 0.001
Motorcycle rider	- 0.512	0.600	0.234 - 1.538	0.287
Pedestrian	- 0.196	0.822	0.319 - 2.118	0.684
Car driver	0.308	1.360	0.532 - 3.479	0.521
Car occupant	0.295	1.343	0.523 - 3.453	0.540
Falls	0.222	1.249	0.488 - 3.197	0.644
Assault	- 2.211	0.110	0.038 - 0.314	< 0.001
Other mechanism	- 0.469	0.626	0.227 - 1.726	0.365
Motorcycle occupant	- 0.637	0.529	0.187 - 1.499	0.231
Gunshot	- 1.574	0.207	0.057 - 0.758	0.017
Intentional self-harm	- 19.586	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.997
ISS	0.040	1.041	1.033 - 1.050	< 0.001
Length of stay	0.018	1.018	1.012 - 1.024	< 0.001
GCS				< 0.001
3 - 8	- 0.714	0.490	0.388 - 0.618	< 0.001
9 - 12	- 0.554	0.575	0.433 - 0.762	< 0.001
13 - 15	–	–	–	< 0.001
Constant	- 1.775	0.169		< 0.001

OR: Odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; ISS: injury severity score; GCS: Glasgow coma scale.

Level of significance was p < 0.05.

^aThis is the coefficient for the constant.