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Table 3 The association of ethnicity with motorcycle crash-related in-hospital mortality and hospital resource utilization

From: Motorcycle-related head and neck injuries: increased risk among ethnic minorities

 

In-hospital mortality

Ambulance evacuation

ICU admission

Hospital LOS

> 7 days

Discharged to rehabilitation

Unadjusted Model I

 Ethnicity (Arabs vs. Jews)

1.53 (0.76–2.82)

0.78 (0.65–0.94) **

1.61 (1.29–1.99)****

1.24 (1.04–1.47)*

0.74 (0.53–0.99)*

Adjusted Model II

 Ethnicity (Arabs vs. Jews)

1.21 (0.57–2.37)

0.73 (0.61–0.89)**

1.36 (1.00–1.83)*

1.10 (0.90–1.34)

0.55 (0.39–0.77)***

  1. ICU Intensive care unit, LOS Length of stay, ISS Injury Severity Score
  2. Numbers are odds ratios [ORs] and 95% confidence interval [CI]
  3. Model I: Unadjusted
  4. Model II: Adjusted for age, gender, motorcyclist position (rider/passenger) and ISS [1–8 (minor), 9–14 (moderate), 16–26 (severe), 25–75 (critical)]
  5. *p ≤ 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001 ****p < 0.0001