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. 2014 Jan 10;14:6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-6

Table 2.

Structured multiphase logistic regression model of demographics, causes of injury and injury episodes associated with head, neck, and face injuries (n = 199)

 
Head, neck, and face injuries
  OR a 95% CI b p
Phase I (Nagelkerke R square = 0.6%, Hosmer and Lemeshow Test p = .92)
Age
 
 
.856
≤ 29
1.0
 
 
30-49
1.2
(.5, 2.8)
 
≥ 50
.9
(.3, 2.7)
 
Race
 
 
.989
Chinese
1.0
 
 
Non-Chinese
1.0
(.4, 2.7)
 
Phase II (Nagelkerke R square = 1.2%, Hosmer and Lemeshow Test p = 1.0)
Relationship with perpetrator
 
 
.604
Married spouse
1.0
 
 
Cohabitant
1.6
(.6, 4.6)
 
Boyfriend but non-cohabitant
.3
(0, 4.8)
 
Ex-husband / ex-boyfriend
1.5
(.2, 13.0)
 
Phase III (Nagelkerke R square = 15.1%, Hosmer and Lemeshow Test p = .28
Episode of abuse
 
 
.8
1 st
1.0
 
 
2 nd
1.1
(.3, 4.1)
 
Multiple
.7
(.3, 2.0)
 
Undisclosed
.6
(.2, 2.3)
 
Causes of injury c
 
 
 
Punching with a fist
2.4
(1.2, 5.1)
.013*
Slapping
2.6
(.8, 8.3)
.097
Pushing, shoving or grabbing
1.0
(.4, 2.7)
.930
Weapon use
.8
(.4, 1.9)
.688
Kicking
.3
(.1, .7)
.01*
Arm or hair twisting
.5
(.2, 1.6)
.248
Slamming against a wall
2.1
(.4, 10.4)
.381
Throwing things
1.2
(.2, 6.4)
.835
Admission time
 
 
.429
Day-time
1.0
 
 
Night-time 0.8 (.4, 1.5)  

Note: aOR refers to odds ratio; bCI refers to confidence interval; Causes of injury; cThe comparators are “no punching with a fist”, “no slapping”, “no pushing, shoving or grabbing”, “no weapon use”, “no kicking”, “no arm or hair twisting”, “no slamming against a wall”, “no throwing things” respectively; *p < 0.05; Tolerance > 0.9 and VIF < 1.1.