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Table 2 Logistic model of variables considered in predicting subjects with worseninglesions after head injury

From: Antiplatelet therapy and the outcome of subjects with intracranial injury: the Italian SIMEU study

Covariates

Odds Ratio

95% CI

P value

Sex (males)

1.24

0.88 to 1.75

0.211

Age (decades)

0.91

0.83 to 1.01

0.065

Road accidents

1.03

0.70 to 1.52

0.874

Glasgow Coma Scale

4.59

3.23 to 6.51

< 0.001

Basal skull fracture

1.20

0.72 to 1.99

0.480

Marshall category

1.43

1.09 to- 1.89

0.011

Type of lesion

   

   Subdural hematoma

1.32

0.86 to 2.01

0.205

   Epidural hematoma

1.13

0.65 to 1.98

0.656

   Intracerebral hemorrhage/contusion

0.96

0.62 to 1.50

0.875

   Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

0.80

0.51 to 1.24

0.322

   Intraventricular hemorrhage

0.37

0.17 to0.775

0.008

   Depressed skull fracture

1.03

0.60 to 1.78

0.903

Number of lesions (≥ 2)

2.56

1.46 to 4.51

0.001

Anticoagulant therapy

1.17

0.65 to 2.10

0.606

Antiplatelet therapy

2.87

1.94 to 4.23

< 0.001

  1. Marshall category (category 2-3-4) and age (decades) were considered ascontinuous variables, Glasgow Coma scale for categories (mild andmoderate-severe; the lower score the higher risk). The remaining variableswere dichotomized.
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