Multiple logistic regression derived odd ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for a bunk bed fall rather than a conventional bed fall injury by a series of demographic and accident descriptive variables
Variable | Category or increment | OR | 95% CI | p Value |
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Age | 0–4 years | baseline | ||
5–9 | 4.89 | 3.48 to 6.88 | 0.001 | |
10+ | 4.21 | 2.47 to 7.19 | 0.001 | |
Gender | Male | baseline | ||
Female | 0.98 | 0.72 to 1.35 | 0.92 | |
Place of residence | Greater Athens | 1.65 | 0.93 to 2.93 | 0.08 |
Magnesia-Corfu | baseline | |||
Nationality | Other | 0.19 | 0.05 to 0.80 | 0.02 |
Greek | baseline | |||
Time of accident | 0600–0959 | 1.17 | 0.57 to 2.43 | 0.66 |
1000–1359 | baseline | |||
1400–1759 | 2.10 | 1.30 to 3.42 | 0.002 | |
1800–2159 | 1.57 | 0.98 to 2.54 | 0.06 | |
2200–0559 | 2.51 | 1.30 to 4.88 | 0.006 | |
Day of accident | Weekday | 0.96 | 0.69 to 1.35 | 0.85 |
Weekend | baseline | |||
Season of accident | Winter | 1.89 | 1.16 to 3.09 | 0.01 |
Spring | 1.50 | 0.93 to 2.44 | 0.09 | |
Summer | baseline | |||
Autumn | 1.52 | 0.96 to 2.42 | 0.07 | |
Activity | Leisure | baseline | ||
Sleep | 1.49 | 0.96 to 2.34 | 0.07 | |
Number of injuries | Single | baseline | ||
Multiple | 3.03 | 1.95 to 4.72 | 0.0001 | |
Additional, alternatively introduced variables | ||||
Injured body part | brain | 2.35 | 1.30 to 4.27 | 0.005 |
skull | 0.65 | 0.41 to 1.05 | 0.08 | |
face | 0.82 | 0.52 to 1.32 | 0.42 | |
trunk | 1.43 | 0.80 to 2.58 | 0.23 | |
limbs | baseline | |||
Type of injury | contusion, abrasion | 1.67 | 1.06 to 2.64 | 0.02 |
open wound | baseline | |||
fracture | 2.00 | 1.21 to 3.33 | 0.006 | |
concussion | 4.33 | 2.39 to 7.88 | 0.0001 | |
other | 1.36 | 0.59 to 3.18 | 0.47 | |
no injury diagnosed | 1.39 | 0.81 to 2.40 | 0.23 | |
Outcome | non-hospitalised | baseline | ||
hospitalised | 2.87 | 1.77 to 4.65 | 0.0001 |