Complications of Trauma Patients Admitted to the ICU in Level I Academic Trauma Centers in the United States

Table 5

Unadjusted odds ratios of clinical and demographic characteristics for prediction of death in trauma patients, using univariate logistic regression.

Variable	OR (95% CI)	𝑃 value	𝑅^2, %
Age	1.024 (1.022–1.027)	<0.0001***	57
Age group			60
Young adults	Reference
Middle age	1.36 (1.20–1.55)	<0.0001***
Elderly	2.01 (1.76–2.33)	<0.0001***
Advanced seniority	4.02 (3.51–4.60)	<0.0001***
Gender			10
Female	Reference
Male	0.869 (0.783–0.966)	0.009*
Traumatic CNS injury			12
No	Reference
Yes	4.549 (4.106–5.040)	<0.0001***
Complications			1
No	Reference
Yes	0.967 (0.871–1.073)	0.52	0.1
Number of complications	0.983 (0.933–1.036)	0.52
Diagnosis on admission			15
Other	Reference
Fracture	0.351 (0.277–0.444)	<0.0001***
Internal injury	0.578 (0.478–0.699)	<0.0001***
Traumatic CNS injury	3.314 (2.816–3.900)	<0.0001***

^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.001, ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.0001.
OR = odds ratios.