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Table 4 Odds ratios and relative risk of the differences between decedents and survivors

From: Mortality in severely injured elderly patients: a retrospective analysis of a German level 1 trauma center (2002–2011)

Variable

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Relative risk (95% CI)

p value

ISS > 25

6.77 (2.62 – 17.45)

3.60 (1.76 – 7.40)

< 0.001

GCS < 9

4.53 (1.97 – 10.40)

1.98 (1.30 – 3.02)

< 0.001

AIS Head > 3

2.77 (1.12 – 6.88)

1.29 (1.01 – 1.63)

= 0.025

Hb < 12 g/dl

2.65 (1.19 – 5.91)

1.45 (1.05 – 2.01)

= 0.016

PTT > 32.4 sec

3.62 (1.13 – 11.57)

2.67 (1.06 – 6.73)

= 0.025

Prothrombin ratio < 70%

2.39 (1.02 – 5.55)

1.69 (1.00 – 2.88)

= 0.042

Lactate > 2.2 mmol/l

2.07 (0.59 – 7.29)

1.65 (0.68 – 4.03)

= 0.253

  1. ISS, Injury Severity Score; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale; Hb, Hemoglobin; PTT, Partial Thromboplastin time.