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. 2020 Jan 6;8:4. doi: 10.1186/s40560-019-0425-x

Table 4.

Survival analysis assessing 28-day mortality, patient characteristics, and circadian rhythm parameters of the temperature according to head trauma

Head trauma No head trauma
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
HR [95% CI] p HR [95% CI] p HR [95% CI] p HR [95% CI] p
Clinical variables
 Age 1.04 [1.02–1.06] < 0.001 1.04 [1.02–1.06] < 0.001 1.07 [1.03–1.12] < 0.001 1.10 [1.04–1.17] < 0.001
 Sex (male) 1.68 [0.74–3.82] 0.22 2.36 [0.29–19.17] 0.42
 Body mass index 0.91 [0.82–1.01] 0.07 0.90 [0.73–1.10] 0.30
 Glasgow Coma Scale 0.96 [0.87–1.05] 0.33 0.84 [0.75–0.95] 0.004 0.77 (0.65–0.91) 0.003
 Intracranial hypertensiona 7.55 [3.15–18.12] < 0.001
 Surgery at admission 0.90 [0.47–1.72] 0.75 0.71 [0.14–3.52] 0.68
 ISS 1.01 [0.98–1.04] 0.47 1.01 [0.97–1.06] 0.57
Temperature rhythm
 Period 1.00 [0.97–1.02] 0.74 1.05 [0.99–1.11] 0.11
 Mesor 0.41 [0.25–0.65] < 0.001 0.40 [0.23–0.70] 0.001 0.73 [0.23–2.29] 0.59
 Amplitude 4.48 [1.24–19.20] 0.02 4.73 [1.38–16.22] 0.01 6.10 [1.06–35.25] 0.04 2.94 [0.50–17.25] 0.23

The analyses were performed using Cox regression model to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs)

aIntracranial hypertension not included in the multivariate analysis owing to collinearity with head trauma