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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2016 Feb 4;16(7):684–691. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.01.017

TABLE 2.

Factors Associated with Advanced Cervical Imaging of Children with TBI from AHT and Falls.

AHT*
TBI from Falls
OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Patient-Level Factors
Age 1 year (vs. Age < 1) 4.43 (2.53, 7.76) <0.001 2.15 (1.41, 3.27) <0.001
Female (vs. Male) 0.76 (0.48, 1.20) 0.24 1.07 (0.72, 1.58) 0.74
Race 0.04 0.22
White Ref. Ref.
African-American 0.99 (0.53, 1.87) 1.53 (0.98, 2.41)
Hispanic 3.15 (1.33, 7.50) 1.39 (0.80, 2.42)
Other 1.97 (0.95, 4.08) 1.21 (0.62, 2.37)
Insurance 0.27 0.64
Public Ref. Ref.
Private 1.10 (0.54, 2.21) 0.86 (0.51, 1.43)
Other 1.70 (0.89, 3.26) 1.30 (0.66, 2.54)
Moderate/Severe Head Injury (vs. Minor) 7.10 (2.75, 18.35) <0.001 2.25 (1.19, 4.27) 0.01
Discharge Year <0.001 0.51
2009 Ref. Ref.
2010 0.54 (0.26, 1.10) 0.80 (0.46, 1.41)
2011 0.68 (0.32, 1.44) 0.60 (0.30, 1.19)
2012 1.16 (0.57, 2.34) 0.99 (0.56, 1.74)
2013 2.08 (1.03, 4.17) 0.91 (0.49, 1.67)
Hospital-Level Factors
Increasing Hospital All-Type Injury Volume (Log Base 2 Scale) 0.98 (0.72, 1.35) 0.92 1.19 (0.93, 1.51) 0.17
Teaching Hospital (vs. Non-Teaching) 1.70 (0.61, 4.78) 0.31 1.22 (0.56, 2.66) 0.61
Urban Location (vs. Rural) 0.63 (0.14, 2.81) 0.54 0.58 (0.24, 1.42) 0.24
Region 0.23 0.13
South Ref. Ref.
Midwest 0.59 (0.22, 1.63) 0.39 (0.17, 0.90)
Northeast 0.07 (0.004, 1.13) 0.92 (0.35, 2.43)
West 0.95 (0.40, 2.28) 1.02 (0.42, 2.47)
*

AHT: Abusive Head Trauma