Table 5.

Factors associated with the occurrence of medical complication during the acute care hospitalization using multivariate logistic regression analyses (N=116).

Variable	Odd ratio	95%CI	P-value
Timing of admission to the SCI-center
Group 1 (early transfer)	1d	—
Group 2 (late transfer)	1.1	(0.4; 2,9)	0.87
Neurologic level of injury
C1–C4	2.2	(0.9; 5.1)	0.07
C5–C8	1d	—
ISS
<26	1d	—
≥26	2.0	(0.84; 4.5)	0.12

1^d, reference category; ISS, Injury severity score, *P is significant if ≤0.05.