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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 30.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2010 Apr 10;201(2):209–215. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.12.005

Table 3.

Multivariate risk factor analysis for timing of pulmonary embolus

Outcome Risk factor Odds ratio
(95% CI)		 P value
Early PE ≥1 long bone extremity fracture   2.83 (1.13–7.10)   .024
Late PE AIS Head ≥3 11.09 (3.93–31.31) <.0001

Early PE defined as ≤4 days after a traumatic injury; late PE defined as >4 days after injury.