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Table 5 Results of logistic regression analyses to examine the associations between D-dimer levels and patient prognoses (n = 335)

From: Serum D-dimer level as a predictor of neurological functional prognosis in cases of head injuries caused by road traffic accidents

  

No. of patients

Patients with poor outcome (GOS3)

n

cOR (95%CI)

aOR (95%CI)

D dimmer (μg/mL)

    
 

17.4 > 

83

34

1.00

1.00

 

42.9 > 

84

48

1.92 (1.04–3.55)

1.35 (0.60–3.01)

 

89.3 > 

84

60

3.60 (1.89–6.86)

1.16(0.50–2.75)

 

89.3 ≤ 

84

78

18.74 (7.33–47.89)

5.37 (1.72–16.73)

Sex

     
 

Female

112

79

1.00

___

 

Male

223

141

0.72(0.44–1.17)

___

Age (years old)

    
 

65 ≤ 

141

126

9.15(4.88–17.18)

9.37 (4.16 -21.08)

 

55–64

29

20

2.42(1.03–5.69)

1.83 (0.63 -5.35)

 

15–54

140

67

1.00

1.00

 

0–14

25

7

0.42(0.17–1.08)

0.33(0.10 -1.12)

Consciousness; Glasgow coma scale

 

13–15

41

12

1.00

1.00

 

9–12

39

19

2.30(0.92–5.76)

1.13 (0.35–3.71)

 

6–8

151

97

4.34(2.05–9.20)

2.56 (1.02–6.45)

 

4–5

36

31

14.98(4.70–47.78)

9.29 (2.26 -38.12)

 

3

68

61

21.06(7.51–59.09)

11.05 (3.12 -39.13)

Respiratory rate

    
 

10–29

275

179

1.00

___

 

30 ≤ 

43

26

0.82(0.42–1.59)

___

 

0–9

17

15

4.02(0.90–17.96)

___

Oxygenation PaO2 (mmHg)

 

60

286

187

1.00

1.00

 

60 > 

49

33

1.09(0.57–2.08)

1.68 (0.65 -4.32)

Ventilatory status PaCO2 (mmHg)

 

35–44.9

156

92

1.00

1.00

 

35 > 

68

47

1.56(0.85–2.85)

1.19 (0.51 -2.77)

 

45

111

81

1.88(1.11–3.18)

1.80 (0.82 -3.93)

Systolic Blood pressure (mmHg)

 

90–159

214

120

1.00

1.00

 

90 > 

31

28

7.31(2.16–24.79)

2.43 (0.58 -10.26)

 

160 ≤ 

90

72

3.13(1.75–5.61)

1.56 (0.73 -3.36)

Body temperature (°C)

    
 

36–36.9

182

110

1.00

1.00

 

36 > 

101

82

2.83(1.58–5.05)

1.60 (0.75 -3.42)

 

37 ≤ 

52

28

0.76(0.41–1.42)

0.91 (0.39 -2.14)

Blood sugar (mg/dL)

    
 

200 > 

244

152

1.00

 

200 ≤ 

91

68

1.79(1.04–3.07)

Injury Severity Score

    
 

25 > 

98

41

1.00

1.00

 

25 ≤ 

237

179

4.29(2.61–7.07)

3.51 (1.77 -6.97])

H–L (p-value)

    

0.38

  1. IQR Interquartile range, cOR Corrected odds ratio, aOR Adjusted odds ratio, TBI Traumatic brain injury, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, H–L Hosmer–Lemeshow test