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Table 4 Risk factors for neuropathic pain in complete or incomplete SCI according to American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale: multivariate logistic regression analysis

From: The impact of time from injury to surgery on the risk of neuropathic pain after traumatic spinal cord injury

 

AIS A grade

AIS B, C and D grade

Odds ratios

95% Confidence interval

p value

Odds ratios

95% Confidence interval

p value

Age at injury (y)

  

0.040

  

0.025

 ≤ 40

–

–

 

–

–

 

41–60

1.045

(0.170, 0.817)

0.016

5.997

(1.186, 30.329)

0.030

 > 60

1.372

(0.170, 0.817)

0.020

9.093

(1.754, 47.127)

0.009

ISS

      

 < 16

–

–

 

–

–

 

 ≥ 16

2.960

(1.162, 7.540)

0.023

3.837

(1.482, 9.937)

0.006

Neurological level of injury

  

0.013

  

0.077

High cervical (C1–C4)

6.595

(1.809, 24.045)

0.004

2.428

(0.963, 6.122)

0.060

Low cervical (C5–T1)

1.587

(0.516, 4.881)

0.421

2.367

(1.070, 5.240)

0.034

Thoracic/Thoracolumbar (T2–L2)

–

–

 

–

–

 

Time from injury to surgery

  

0.278

  

0.014

 ≤ 8 h

0.280

(0.056, 1.396)

0.121

0.148

(0.029, 0.751)

0.021

8–24 h

0.906

(0.291, 2.826)

0.865

0.375

(0.148, 0.950)

0.039

 > 24 h

–

–

 

–

–

 

Treated with high-dose methylprednisolone

2.541

(0.991, 6.517)

0.052

3.071

(1.525, 6.185)

0.002

  1. Model: adjusted for age at injury, ISS score, neurological level of injury, time from injury to surgery, and treated with high-dose methylprednisolone. The bold font indicates that the corresponding P value is less than 0.05
  2. ISS Injury Severity Score, AIS American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X