TABLE 2.
Odds Ratio (OR) and 95% CI of Covariates for Surgical Treatment Allocation
| OR | 95% CI | |||
| Lower | Upper | P | ||
| Age | 0.99 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 0.430 |
| Male gender | 1.52 | 1.05 | 2.19 | 0.026 |
| Cervical fracture | 1.00 | 0.27 | 4.18 | 0.999 |
| Thoracic fracture | 0.71 | 0.19 | 3.01 | 0.621 |
| Lumbar fracture | 0.35 | 0.09 | 1.46 | 0.122 |
| Multilevel fractures | 2.36 | 0.47 | 10.82 | 0.274 |
| Sequential admissions | 0.75 | 0.42 | 1.38 | 0.343 |
| Spinal cord injury | 2.73 | 1.77 | 4.31 | 0.000 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | 0.99 | 0.91 | 1.08 | 0.865 |
| Year of admission | 1.11 | 1.08 | 1.14 | 0.000 |
95% CI indicates 95% confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.