Table 7.

Factors associated with the outcome of traumatic chest injury patients. .

Variables	Outcomes		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Death	Alive
Age
≤20	3	23	1	1
21-35	23	73	2.42(0.66–8.78)	2.85(0.40–20.14)
36-50	8	28	2.2(0.52–9.22)	4.9(0.47–50.39)
>50	19	15	9.71(2.44–38.62)	8.9(1.51–53.24)**
Time between injury and admission (h)
<2	8	55	1	1
2-6	29	38	5.2(2.16–12.71)	4.6(1.19–18.00)*
>6	16	46	2.4(0.94–6.09)	1.7(0.34–8.33)
Length of hospital stay (d)
≤2	14	11	1	1
3-7	14	78	0.14(0.05–0.37)	0.12(0.02–0.58)**
8-14	10	29	0.27(0.09–0.79)	0.19(0.05–0.69)*
15-21	9	14	0.5(0.16–1.6)	0.46(0.12–1.77)
>21	6	7	0.67(0.17–2.59)	0.63(0.01–3.27)
Comorbid chronic illness
Yes	21	23	3.3(1.63–6.73)	1.8(0.42–7.83)
No	32	116	1	1
Pure thoracoabdominal injury	26	110	1	1
Associated multiple injuries	27	29	3.9(2.00–7.75)	12.3(3.08–48.67)***
Head and neck
Yes	37	16	17.8(8.11–38.95)	25(4.18–150.02)**
No	16	123	1	1
Extremities
Yes	34	59	2.4(1.26–4.67)	2.3(0.72–7.37)
No	19	80	1	1
Pelvic injury
Yes	16	15	3.57(1.61–7.91)	2.93(0.77–11.17)
No	37	124	1	1
Spinal cord injury
Yes	12	7	5.5(2.04–14.940)	10.7(3.17–36.32)**
No	41	132	1	1
Pneumonia
Yes	15	25	2.4(1.15–4.94)	1.71(0.61–4.79)
No	38	127	1	1
Atelectasis
Yes	7	1	21(2.52–175.25)	23(10–550)***
No	46	138	1	1

Note: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, COR: crude odds ratio, CI: confidence interval.