Table 6.

Factors associated with the occurrence of respiratory complications during the acute care hospitalization using multivariate logistic regression analyses.

Variable	Odd ratio	95%CI	P-value
Timing of admission to the SCI-center
Group 1 (early transfer)	1d	—
Group 2 (late transfer)	0.7	(0.3; 1.8)	0.50
Neurologic level of injury
C1–C4	3.3	(1.5; 7.4)	<0.01*
C5–C8	1d	—
Age	0.99	(0.9; 1.0)	0.60
ISS
<26	1d	—
≥26	2.6	(1.2; 5.8)	0.02*

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