Predictors of Change in Functional Outcome at six months and twelve months after Severe Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 2 Factors affecting functional-outcome change between 6 and 12 months

		Univariate				Multivariable
	Variable	OR	95% CI		p	OR	95% CI		p
Demographics	Age	0.98	(0.97,	0.99)	0	0.99	(0.98,	1)	0.171
Demographics	Male	1.5	(1.03,	2.17)	0.032	1.36	(1.02,	1.82)	0.039
Injury score	New Injury Severity Score	0.99	(0.97,	1)	0.034	0.98	(0.96,	1)	0.136
Charlson comorbidity score	1	0.55	(0.36,	0.86)	0.008	0.65	(0.43,	1)	0.05
	2	0.37	(0.18,	0.74)	0.005	0.49	(0.21,	1.13)	0.094
	> 2	0.31	(0.12,	0.81)	0.017	0.38	(0.1,	1.42)	0.148
Pre-injury employment status	Employed	1.65	(1.17,	2.32)	0.005
Injury mechanism	Pedestrian	0.99	(0.36,	2.71)	0.987
	Motorcycle	1.45	(0.86,	2.42)	0.16
	Motor vehicle	3.52	(1.48,	8.39)	0.004	2.78	(1.51,	5.12)	0.001
	Low fall	0.59	(0.42,	0.83)	0.003
	High fall	1.09	(0.69,	1.72)	0.722
Injury Region	Polytrauma (anatomical)	1.49	(1.02,	2.19)	0.041
	Head and neck	0.64	(0.42,	0.97)	0.034
	Chest	1.82	(1.23,	2.69)	0.003

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