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. 2012 Jan 4;20:1. doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-1

Table 4.

Factors associated with hospitalization, results of multivariate logistic regression

Crude Adjusted
Total Hospitalized OR 95% CI OR 95% CI

Age (+10 years) 1.0 0.9-1.0 1.1** 1.0-1.2

Sex
Males 1319 237 (18) Ref
Females 689 173 (25) 1.5* 1.2-1.9 1.1 0.8-1.5

Main agents
Other agents 609 188 (31) Ref
Ethanol 859 65 (8) 0.2* 0.1-0.3 0.2* 0.1-0.3
Opioids 437 76 (17) 0.5* 0.3-0.7 0.4* 0.3-0.6
GHB 48 40 (83) 11.2* 5.1-24.4 12.5* 5.4-29.3
Paracetamol 55 41 (75) 6.6* 3.5-12.3 3.8* 1.9-7.6

GCS
Awake (15) 990 206 (21) Ref
Drowsy (8-14) 908 167 (18) 0.9 0.7-1.1 1.6** 1.2-2.3
Comatose (< 8) 109 37 (34) 2.0** 1.3-3.0 2.3** 1.3-4.3

Complications
Number 1726 299 (17) Ref
Respiratory depression 61 33 (54) 5.6* 3.3-9.5 7.8* 4.2-14.4
Others 221 78 (35) 2.6* 1.9-3.5 3.7* 2.5-5.3

Intention
Accidents 334 70 (21) Ref
AOSA 1439 200 (14) 0.6** 0.5-0.8 0.9 0.6-1.4
Possible suicide attempt 133 70 (53) 4.1* 2.7-6.4 4.5* 2.8-7.3
Definite suicide attempt 88 59 (67) 7.7* 4.6-12.9 8.2* 4.7-14.4
Unknown 14 11 (79) 13.8* 3.8-50.9 2.8 0.5-17.2

Total cases 2008 410 (20)

*Significant, p < 0.001, **significant, p < 0.05

AOSA: accidental overdose with substances of abuse

†Glasgow Coma Scale: one case with a missing value

Age was subtracted by 10 in the analysis