Table 4.
Associations between variables of the victims and anatomical site of injuries
| 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 | |||||||
aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, SE Standard error