From: The added value of ordinal analysis in clinical trials: an example in traumatic brain injury
 |  | Dead | SD | MD | GR | Worse than expected | Better than expected | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Wald statistic | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Best prognosis | Corticosteroid | 67 | 86 | 274 | 1,162 | 427 | 1,162 | 1.22 (1.03 to 1.43) | Â | 0.017 |
 | Placebo | 59 | 84 | 228 | 1,227 | 371 | 1,227 |  |  |  |
Intermediate prognosis | Corticosteroid | 282 | 215 | 365 | 748 | 497 | 1,113 | 1.06 (0.91 to 1.23) | Â | 0.45 |
 | Placebo | 225 | 241 | 357 | 749 | 466 | 1106 |  |  |  |
Worst prognosis | Corticosteroid | 899 | 280 | 212 | 210 | 899 | 702 | 1.28 (1.11 to 1.47) | Â | 0.0006 |
 | Placebo | 791 | 328 | 228 | 237 | 791 | 793 |  |  |  |
Pooled odds ratio, unadjusted | 1.17 (1.07 to 1.27) | 3.67 | 0.0003 | |||||||
Pooled odds ratio, adjusted^ | 1.19 (1.08 to 1.30) | 3.69 | 0.0002 |