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Table 4 Predictors of death in trauma patients over the age of 45

From: CT screened arterial calcification as a risk factor for mortality after trauma

Variable

Odds ratio

95 % CI

p value

Age

1.035

1.00–1.07

0.050

Sex (male)

0.323

0.16–0.67

0.003

ISS

1.073

1.05–1.10

0.000

Mechanism (blunt)

0.786

0.10–6.44

0.822

SMA

2.462

1.08–5.60

0.032

Common iliac

2.447

0.92–6.52

0.073

Coeliac

1.815

0.47–7.07

0.391

Abdominal aorta

1.626

0.77–3.42

0.201

Cx calcium

1.290

0.56–2.98

0.552

LAD calcium

1.189

0.51–2.78

0.689

RCA calcium

0.483

0.21–1.10

0.083

  1. The R 2 value of the model was 0.253 (Nagelkerke R Square). Thoracic aorta calcification was excluded from the analysis due to such small numbers
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1757-7241