Table 4.
Logistic regression analysis of factors predicting complications and in-hospital mortality
| Variable | Any complication |
In-hospital mortality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Age | NA | NA | 0.0518 | NA | NA | 0.0518 |
| Elixhauser comorbidity score | NA | NA | < 0.001 | NA | NA | < 0.001 |
| Presence of spinal cord injury | 2.164 | 1.722–2.72 | < 0.001 | Excluded in the model | ||
| Multiple levels | 1.073 | 0.643–1.792 | 0.7866 | 2.527 | 0.913–6.998 | 0.0743 |
| Cervical level | 1.308 | 0.829–2.064 | 0.2472 | 1.761 | 0.714–4.341 | 0.2186 |
| Thoracic level | 1.141 | 0.722–1.803 | 0.5721 | 0.536 | 0.211–1.362 | 0.1894 |
| Lumbar level | 1.119 | 0.698–1.795 | 0.6395 | 1.26 | 0.513–3.098 | 0.6131 |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; NA, not available.