The Effect of Alcohol Intoxication on Mortality of Blunt Head Injury

Table 2

Independent risk factors associated with mortality of the study patients (𝑛=3628).

	OR	95% CI	𝑃
BAC	0.567	0.376–0.855	0.007
ISS	1.130	1.099–1.163	0.001
GCS	0.727	0.683–0.774	0.001
Age	1.048	1.033–1.065	<0.001
Gender	0.779	0.461–1.315	0.350
SBP	1.004	0.996–1.012	0.326

The BAC of study population was stratified into four levels: none (less than 8 mg/dL), low (8 to less than 100 mg/dL), moderate (100 to less than 230 mg/dL), and high (≥230 mg/dL). Those whose BAC was not tested were stratified as none.