Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Mar;76(3):750–754. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182aafd5b

Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression models for predicting major thoracoabdominal injury at low, medium and high ΔV.

OR (95% CI) P Value
Low ΔV (<25kmph)

Star Rating
 5 Referent
 4 1.2 (0.8 – 2.0) 0.41
 3 1.3 (0.8 – 2.0) 0.33
 2 0.9 (0.3 – 2.8) 0.81
 1 1.2 (0.5 – 3.1) 0.70
Age 1.04 (1.03 – 1.05) <0.001
Seatbelt use 0.3 (0.2 – 0.5) <0.001

Medium ΔV (≥25kmph; <40kmph)

Star Rating
 5 Referent
 4 1.8 (1.1 – 2.9) 0.01
 3 2.0 (1.3 – 3.1) <0.01
 2 1.8 (0.8 – 4.0) 0.13
 1 1.3 (0.6 – 2.7) 0.47
Age 1.03 (1.02 – 1.04) <0.001
Seatbelt use 0.45 (0.3 – 0.6) <0.001

High ΔV (≥40kmph)

Star Rating
 5 Star Rating
 4 2.0 (1.2 – 3.3) 0.01
 3 2.1 (1.3 – 3.4) <0.01
 2 2.3 (1.0 – 5.4) 0.06
 1 2.3 (1.1 – 4.9) 0.03
Age 1.01 (1.00 – 1.02) 0.15
Seatbelt use 0.73 (0.5 – 1.1) 0.09

ΔV = Change in velocity (crash severity).