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Table 5 Predictors of mortality according to univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis

From: Paediatric injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a prospective review of 150 cases

Independent variables

Alive

Dead

Univariate analysis

 

Multivariate analysis

 

N = 131

N = 19

OR (95% CI

P -value

OR (95% CI)

P- Value

Age group

      

 ≤5

63(90)

7(10)

1

   

 5- 10

68(85)

12(15)

1.6[0.6-4.3]

0.361

  

Sex

      

 M

93(89.4)

11(10.6)

1

   

 F

38(82.6)

8(17.4)

1.8[0.7-4.8]

0.252

  

Arriving time

      

 ≤24 hrs

112(88.9)

14(11.1)

1

   

 >24 hrs

19(79.2)

5 (20.8)

2.1[0.7-6.5]

0.197

  

Prehospital care

      

 Not done

124(89.2)

15(10.8)

1

   

 Done

7(63.6)

4(36.4)

4.7[1.2-18.0]

0.023

  

Mechanism of injury

      

 Blunt

108(91.5)

10(8.5)

1

   

 Burn

23(71.9)

9(28.1)

4.2[1.5-11.6]

0.005

38.8[2–750.9]

0.016

Waiting time

      

 ≤6 hrs

107(85.6)

18(14.4)

1

   

 >6 hrs

24(96)

1 (4.0)

0.25[0.3-1.9]

0.185

  

Affected part

      

 Trunk/extremities

66(98.5)

1 (1.5)

1

   

 Head

40(81.6)

9(18.4)

14.6[1.8-121.6]

0.012

284[12.3-6592.6]

0.000

 Multiple

25(73.5)

9 (26.50

23.8[2.7-197.3]

0.003

27[2.6-285.1]

0.006

PTS

      

 Mild

83(97.6)

2(2.4)

1

   

 Moderate/severe

48(73.8)

17(26.2)

7.2 [3.6- 11.8]

0.012

3.9 [3.1-5.9]

0.000

GCS

      

 Mild

117(96.7)

4(3.3)

1

   

 Moderate/severe

14(48.3)

15(51.7)

2.6 [1.4 – 9.9]

0.022

3.8 [2.5-34.4]

0.003