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- Table 1
Demographic information of trauma cases involving a moped or scooter before and after increased regulation.
Characteristic Prelaw(N = 239) Postlaw(N = 111) P Age, y, mean (SD) 43.2 (15) 47.4 (12.9) 0.01 BMI, mean (SD) 26.5 (5.5) 27.5 (6.4) 0.3 Race, n (%) White 130 (54.4) 63 (56.8) Black 91 (38.1) 41 (36.9) Other 18 (7.5) 7 (6.3) Gender, n (%) Men 210 (87.9) 106 (95.5) 0.03 Women 29 (12.1) 5 (4.5) Patient ethnicity, n (%) Not Hispanic or Latino 234 (97.9) 107 (96.4) 0.47 Hispanic or Latino 5 (2.1) 4 (3.6) Incidence of vertebral fractures, n (%) Total 47 (19.7) 13 (11.7) 0.09 Cervical 25 (10.5) 10 (9) 0.8 Thoracic 16 (6.7) 3 (2.7) 0.19 Lumbar 16 (6.7) 2 (1.8) 0.07 Incidence of spinal cord injuries, n (%) Total 7 (2.9%) 0 (0%) 0.1 Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.
Note: Bolded values indicate a statistically significant finding with P < 0.05.
Characteristic Cervical (N = 35) Thoracic (N = 19) Lumbar (N = 18) P Prelaw, n (%) 25 (71.4) 16 (84.2) 16 (88.9) 0.31 Postlaw, n (%) 10 (28.6) 3 (15.8) 2 (11.1) Age, y, mean (SD) 48.7 (13.6) 51.5 (13) 46.9 (17.3) 0.62 BMI, mean (SD) 27.1 (6.3) 28.7 (8) 27.3 (5.4) 0.72 Race, n (%) White 17 (48.6) 16 (84.2) 11 (61.1) <0.01 Black 18 (51.4) 2 (10.5) 5 (27.8) Other 0 (0) 1 (5.3) 2 (11.1) Gender, n (%) Men 32 (91.4) 18 (94.7) 13 (72.2) 0.11 Women 3 (8.6) 1 (5.3) 5 (27.8) Patient ethnicity, n (%) Not Hispanic or Latino 35 (100) 19 (100) 16 (88.9) 0.06 Hispanic or Latino 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (11.1) Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.
Note: Bolded values indicate a statistically significant finding with P < 0.05.
- Table 3
Univariate logistic analysis of patient variables leading to traumatic spinal fractures involving a moped or scooter.
Characteristic Total Cervical Thoracic Lumbar OR P OR P OR P OR P BMI (continuous) 1.002 0.57 1.001 0.86 1.002 0.21 1.001 0.77 Prelaw or not 1.08 0.06 1.02 0.66 1.04 0.12 1.05 0.05 Postlaw or not 0.92 0.06 0.98 0.66 0.96 0.12 0.95 0.05 Age (continuous) 1.002 0.04 1.002 0.08 1.002 0.03 1.001 0.49 Age >50 y 1.06 0.18 1.04 0.19 1.04 0.08 1.01 0.59 White 1.02 0.57 0.97 0.42 1.07 0.01 1.01 0.59 Black 0.99 0.83 1.06 0.08 0.94 0.01 0.98 0.37 Other 0.95 0.48 0.9 0.08 0.98 0.75 1.03 0.5 Women 1.04 0.57 0.99 0.82 0.97 0.5 1.11 0.01 Ethnicity 1.05 0.68 0.9 0.31 0.95 0.47 1.19 0.02 Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.
Note: Bolded values indicate a statistically significant finding with P < 0.05.
- Table 4
Multivariate logistic analysis for independent predictors of traumatic vertebral fractures involving a moped or scooter.
Characteristic OR 95% CI P Prelaw 2.08 1.09–4.23 0.03 Age 1.03 1.01–1.05 0.01 Female gender 1.47 0.54–3.62 0.42 White 3.34 0.63–61.71 0.25 Black 2.85 0.52–53.3 0.32 Hispanic or Latino 4.63 0.36–113.45 0.25 Note: Bolded values indicate a statistically significant finding with P < 0.05.
- Table 5
Multivariate logistic analysis for independent predictors of traumatic cervical vertebral fractures involving a moped or scooter.
Characteristic OR 95% CI P Prelaw 1.31 0.61–2.99 0.5 Age 1.02 0.99–1.05 0.1 Female gender 1.17 0.26–3.84 0.81 White NA due to singularities Black NA due to singularities Hispanic or Latino 0.99 0.00–2.83 >0.99 Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
Note: Bolded values indicate a statistically significant finding with P < 0.05.
- Table 6
Multivariate logistic analysis for independent predictors of traumatic thoracic vertebral fractures involving a moped or scooter.
Characteristic OR 95% CI P Prelaw 3.02 0.96–13.39 0.09 Age 1.04 1.01–1.08 0.02 Female gender 0.65 0.03–3.74 0.69 White 1.32 0.23–25.12 0.8 Black 0.2 0.02–4.55 0.21 Hispanic or Latino NA due to singularities Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
Note: Bolded values indicated a statistically significant finding with P < 0.05.
- Table 7
Multivariate logistic analysis for independent predictors of traumatic lumbar vertebral fractures.
Characteristic OR 95% CI P Prelaw 4.15 1.1–27.12 0.07 Age 1.03 0.99–1.06 0.14 Female gender 3.89 1.05–13.02 0.03 White NA due to singularities Black NA due to singularities Hispanic or Latino NA due to singularities Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
Note: Bolded values indicate a statistically significant finding with P < 0.05.
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