Is Blood Alcohol Level a Good Predictor for Injury Severity Outcomes in Motor Vehicle Crash Victims?

Table 3

Adjusted odds ratios of blood alcohol level for injury severity.

	Serious head injury	𝑃 value	Serious chest injury	𝑃 value	Serious abdomen injury	𝑃 value	Serious extremity injury	𝑃 value	Mortality	𝑃 value
No	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
Low	0.82	NSS	0.87	NSS	1.62	NSS	0.69	NSS	1.30	NSS
	(0.55–1.22)		(0.59–1.29)		(0.92–2.87)		(0.20–2.40)		(0.81–2.10)
High	0.65	<0.05	0.58	<0.05	1.56	NSS	0.10	<0.05	1.09	NSS
	(0.48–0.87)		(0.42–0.80)		(0.98–2.50)		(0.01–0.76)		(0.73–1.62)

Table 3 compares the low ETOH group with the no ETOH group and high ETOH group with no ETOH group.
*Injured person's age, gender, MVA characteristics (single crash or not), location of MVA, injured person type, and seatbelt use were adjusted.
NSS: not statistically significant.