Table 2.

Logistic regression model for ED visit.

	Adjusted OR	OR 95% CI		p-value
Midwestern cohort (ref = rehabilitation/specialty cohort)	1.36	1.13	1.62	<0.01
Southeastern cohort (ref = rehabilitation/specialty cohort)	1.58	1.32	1.90	<0.01
Male (ref = female)	0.95	0.81	1.11	0.51
Current age	1.00	0.99	1.00	0.45
Years post injury	1.00	0.99	1.00	0.17
Ambulatory without assistance (ref = non-ambulatory)	0.63	0.53	0.74	<0.01
Ambulatory with assistance (ref = non-ambulatory)	0.95	0.67	1.34	0.75
Cervical level injury (ref = other levels)	0.97	0.79	1.20	0.79
Thoracic level injury (ref = other levels)	0.91	0.73	1.14	0.42
Hispanic (ref = NH-White and others)	1.15	0.74	1.77	0.53
NH-Black (ref = NH-White and others)	1.58	1.32	1.89	<0.01
Income 25–75K (ref = less than 25K)	0.77	0.66	0.91	<0.01
Income 75K or more (ref = less than 25K)	0.71	0.59	0.87	<0.01
Underweight (ref = others)	1.00	0.86	1.16	0.99
Overweight (ref = others)	1.02	0.84	1.25	0.82
Poor/fair diet (ref = good/excellent diet)	1.04	0.90	1.20	0.61
The number of drinks on average	0.97	0.94	1.01	0.15
At least one non-medical substance past 3 months (ref = no)	1.11	0.94	1.30	0.23
Frequency of drug usage for spasticity	1.05	1.00	1.11	0.07
Frequency of drug usage for sleep problems	1.08	1.01	1.15	<0.05
Frequency of drug usage for pain	1.23	1.16	1.30	<0.01
Frequency of drug usage for depression	1.15	1.08	1.22	<0.01
Using any medication for other purpose (ref = no)	1.18	1.01	1.37	<0.05
Ever smoking regularly, but not now (ref = never smoking regularly)	1.07	0.91	1.26	0.43
Smoking regularly now (ref = never smoking regularly)	1.20	1.00	1.44	<0.05
Planned exercise once a month or less (ref = at least once a week)	1.18	1.02	1.37	<0.05
Planned exercise 2–3 per month (ref = at least once a week)	1.09	0.86	1.37	0.49