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Table 4 Predictors of mortality

From: Delayed hospital admission for traumatic hip fractures during the COVID-19 pandemic

Predictor variables

Mortality OR (CI)

Pandemic admission vs. pre-pandemic admission

3.1 (1.0, 9.6)

Time from injury to arrival

0.9 (0.8, 1.1)

Time from arrival to surgical intervention

0.9 (0.9, 1.0)

Female sex vs. male

0.4 (0.1, 1.0)

Age (> 65 years old vs. ≤ 65)

1.0 (0.2, 4.7)

ISS (> 9 vs. ≤ 9)

3.9 (1.4, 10.9)

Non-white race vs. white

0.5 (0.1, 4.1)

Comorbidity count

1.2 (0.9, 1.6)

Abnormal SBP vs. normal

0.8 (0.2, 2.9)

Abnormal DBP vs. normal

2.3 (0.8, 6.3)

Abnormal HR vs. normal

5.3 (1.9, 15.0)

Abnormal Temp vs. normal

1.4 (0.4, 5.1)

Abnormal GCS vs. normal

2.4 (0.9, 6.9)

Abnormal SaO2 vs. normal

1.5 (0.6, 4.1)

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidences interval, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, ISS injury severity score, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HR heart rate, Temp temperature, GCS Glasgow coma scale, SaO2 oxygen saturation