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Table 4 Univariate associations between injury location and surgery

From: The mechanism and pattern of injuries of undocumented immigrants crossing the Texas-Mexico border along the Rio Grande Valley

Injury Location

Odds ratio

99% CI

P-value

Extremity

9.43

3.64

26.34

< 0.001

Spine

0.55

0.20

1.59

0.124

Soft tissue head

0.61

0.18

2.05

0.272

Chest

0.26

0.06

1.00

0.006

Skull injury

0.96

0.24

4.36

1.000

Intracranial

0.67

0.16

2.93

0.446

Pelvis or Abdomen

0.73

0.15

4.01

0.574

  1. Odds ratio and associated 99% confidence interval (CI) are reported, in addition to the p-value from the Fisher’s exact test. Odds ratios with P < 0.01 are in bold
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Injury Epidemiology

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