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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2014 Sep;260(3):456–465. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000873

Table 3.

Primary Study Outcomes

28 Day Mortality
OR (95% CI) p-value *
24 Hour Mortality
OR (95% CI) p-value *
6 Month GOSE <=4
OR (95% CI) p-value *
Volume (per 500 people increase)
All Patients 0.93 (0.89, 0.97) 0.002 0.93 (0.88, 0.99) 0.027
Shock Cohort 0.94 (0.88, 1.01) 0.100 0.94 (0.88, 1.02) 0.132
TBI only Cohort 0.93 (0.89, 0.98) 0.003 0.94 (0.88, 1.01) 0.068 0.92 (0.87, 0.98) 0.011

Trauma Level (I versus II)
All patients 0.77 (0.54, 1.10) 0.148 0.75 (0.47, 1.21) 0.241
Shock Cohort 0.45 (0.23, 0.89) 0.023 0.55 (0.27, 1.13) 0.104
TBI only Cohort 1.04 (0.70, 1.56) 0.837 0.55 (0.22, 1.37) 0.199 1.31 (0.90, 1.91) 0.162

Volume and Designation Level in same Model
All Patients: Volume 0.93 (0.88, 0.98) 0.004 0.93 (0.87, 0.99) 0.030
All Patients: Trauma Level I 0.97 (0.64, 1.46) 0.870 1.01 (0.63, 1.62) 0.974
Shock Cohort: Volume 0.98 (0.92, 1.04) 0.551 0.96 (0.90, 1.04) 0.310
Shock Cohort: Trauma Level I 0.46 (0.23, 0.94) 0.032 0.67 (0.31, 1.43) 0.297
TBI only Cohort: Volume 0.91 (0.87, 0.96) 0.001 0.92 (0.87, 0.98) 0.013 0.89 (0.84, 0.95) <0.001
TBI only Cohort: Trauma Level I 1.40 (0.88, 2.22) 0.152 1.46 (0.76, 2.80) 0.262 1.87 (1.16, 3.02) 0.010

OR=Odds Ratio; CI=Confidence Interval

Adjustment Factors: age, sex, lowest PH SBP, PH GCS, transportation mode, use of advanced airway, PH time, mechanism of injury, ISS, initial ED SBP, head AIS