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Table 3 Univariable Cox model for recurrent suspected NAT with escalating severity of injury

From: Predictors of increasing injury severity across suspected recurrent episodes of non-accidental trauma: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

HR

(95 % CI)

P

Male

1.119

0.702

1.784

0.637

Lives in rural areaa

1.513

0.933

2.453

0.093

Age

 0–6 months

ref

  

0.107

 6–12 months

1.707

0.789

3.693

 

 12–18 months

2.346

1.098

5.010

 

 18–24 months

1.877

0.803

4.386

 

 24–30 months

2.277

0.918

5.649

 

  > 30 months

0.764

0.254

2.303

 

Injury type, N(%)

 Fracture

0.201

0.087

0.466

0.0002

 Dislocation

0.885

0.286

2.743

0.833

 Burn

0.667

0.094

4.739

0.686

 Intracranial

0.169

0.023

1.227

0.079

 Open wound

2.041

1.206

3.452

0.008

 Superficial Injuries

1.945

1.124

3.367

0.017

 Contusions

1.123

0.681

1.850

0.650

Location of injury

 Head/neck

0.347

0.174

0.692

0.003

 Face

1.206

0.525

2.772

0.659

 Chest

0.724

0.423

1.239

0.239

 Abdomen and pelvic contents

0.506

0.120

2.140

0.355

 Extremities or pelvic girdle

0.500

0.287

0.872

0.015

 External

1.336

0.786

2.270

0.284

Number of injuries

 0–1

ref

  

<.0001

 2–3

0.408

0.242

0.687

 

 4+

0.127

0.045

0.352

 

Percent of individuals living below poverty in patient’s zip code > cohort median of 19.75%a

0.612

0.380

0.987

0.044

  1. aBased on the child’s zip code at their first suspected non-accidental trauma (NAT) event and based on 5-year averages from the 2007 to 2011 American Community Survey of the US Census