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Table 5 Prevalence Ratios estimating factors associated with hospital admission in a multivariate logistic regression model (N = 1,656), Japan, 2003

From: Clinical consequences of road traffic injuries among the elderly in Japan

Factors

N

PR adj.

95% CI

Gender

    

   Females

744

1.00

  

   Males

912

1.23

0.87

1.53

Age

    

   18 - 64

1459

1.00

  

   65 - 74

119

2.90

1.77

4.74

   75 -

78

2.57

1.46

4.55

Mechanism of Injury

    

   Automobile

1067

1.00

  

   Bicycle

182

5.13

3.22

8.17

   Motorcycle

263

5.15

3.47

7.64

   Pedestrian

111

5.07

3.00

8.57

   Others

33

3.12

1.25

7.79

Address

    

   in Kurume

976

1.00

  

   outside Kurume

680

2.78

2.02

3.83

Transfer

    

   Walk-in

813

1.00

  

   Ambulance

843

20.40

7.79

12.49

Weekend

    

   Yes

585

1.00

  

   No

1071

1.73

1.25

2.40

  1. PR adj: Adjusted Prevalence Ratios
  2. The area under ROC curve = 0.875
  3. P-value of the goodness of the fit = 0.389
  4. CI: Confidence Intervals