Table 5 Sociodemographic predictors of traumatic spinal cord injury.

From: The prevalence and profile of spinal cord injury in public healthcare rehabilitation units in Gauteng, South Africa

 

Univariate

Multivariate

Predictor

EXP(B)

p-value

EXP(B)

p-value

[95% CI]

[95% CI]

Age

0.93 [0.91–0.95]

0

0.94 [0.92–0.96]

0.00

Sex

Male

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Female

0.13 [0.08–0.22]

0

0.14 [0.09–0.24]

0.00

Occupation

Formally Employed

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Self Employed

0.83 [0.41–1.70]

0.61

0.75 [0.34–1.65]

0.47

Unemployed

0.37 [0.21–0.64]

0

0.37 [0.20–0.72]

0.00

Student

1.39 [0.38–5.11]

0.62

1.08 [0.25–4.72]

0.92

Pensioner

0.09 [0.02–0.34]

0

0.51 [0.10–2.55]

0.41

  1. Age, sex and being unemployed were all significant predictors of sustaining a TSCI. The probability of acquiring a TSCI increased by 0.94, 0.14 and 0.37 for every one-unit increase in age, gender and unemployment respectively.
  2. Values in bold indicate significant values.
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