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Table 3 Crude and adjusted odds ratios of clinical variables associated with a traumatic intracranial haemorrhage (tICH)

From: Head injury in older adults presenting to the ambulance service: who do we convey to the emergency department, and what clinical variables are associated with an intracranial bleed? A retrospective case–control study

Predictor of tICH

Crude OR

95% CI

Adj. OR

95% CI

Clopidogrel

1.83

1.15–2.91

1.98

1.04–3.59

DOAC

0. 62

0.42–0.93

0.64

0.38–1.05

Warfarin

0.37

0.15–0.92

0.54

0.18–1.28

MI

3.52

2.09–5.93

3.48

1.73–6.65

CKD

1.64

0.8–3.25

2.80

1.25–5.75

HTN

0.61

0.42–0.88

0.57

0.31–0.87

Stroke

0.44

0.2–0.95

0.24

0.08–0.62

Clinical observations

    

Heart rate

1.02

1.01–1.03

1.02

1.01–1.03

GCS score

0.75

0.68–0.83

0.87

0.75–1.00

Head injury symptom

2.00

1.45–2.76

1.54

1.02–2.32

Fall

Ref

Ref

Fall > 2m

4.78

2.86–8.02

3.45

1.78–6.40

Not reported

4.04

1.6–10.19

3.13

0.78–10.00

RTC

2.12

0.62–7.23

1.56

0.32–5.46

Other

1.14

0.45–2.89

1.12

0.32–2.91

  1. CKD, chronic kidney disease; DOAC, direct oral anticoagulant; GCS; Glasgow coma scale, HTN, hypertension; MI, myocardial infarction; RTC, Road traffic collision