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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: PM R. 2017 Jan 8;9(9):874–883. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.12.005

Table 3.

Bivariate Cox Regression Model of Time to Discharge

Variable Hazard ratio* (95% CI) p value

Patient Variables

Age
(for every additional 1 year of age)
.95 (.86, 1.06) .39

Gender
Male 1 (reference) .45
Female .84 (.54, 1.31)

Prior Concussions
No 1 (reference) .70
Yes .90 (.54, 1.5)

Past Medical History
No 1 (reference) .61
Yes 1.11 (.74, 1.67)

Family History
No 1 (reference) .55
Yes .88 (.58, 1.33)

Injury-related Variables

Mechanism of Injury
Non-sport 1 (reference) .35
Sport .82 (.54, 1.24)

Loss of Consciousness
No 1 (reference) .54
Yes 1.2 (.68, 2.12)

Post-traumatic Amnesia
No 1 (reference) .16
Yes 1.39 (.88, 2.19)

Clinical Variables

# of Physical Symptoms at initial evaluation
(for each additional symptom) (10 total)
.73 (.65, .83) <.001

# of Cognitive Symptoms at initial evaluation
(for each additional symptom) (4 total)
.74 (.58, .94) .01

# of Mood Symptoms at initial evaluation
(for each additional symptom) (4 total)
.73 (.55, .97) .03

# of Sleep Symptoms at initial evaluation
(for each additional symptom) (4 total)
.61 (.44, .84) .003

# of Symptom Domains at initial evaluation
(for each additional domain) (4 total)
.70 (.60, .82) <.001
*

Hazard ratio <1 indicates a lower chance of discharge from specialty concussion care at any given number of days post-injury