The association between the etiology of a spinal cord injury and time to mortality in the United States: A 44-year investigation.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To determine the association between spinal cord injury (SCI) etiology categories and mortality, and examine the association between etiology sub-categories and mortality. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Model Systems and Shriners Hospital SCI units. Participants: Data were analyzed from 42,627 cases in the SCI Model System Collaborative Survival Study Database from 1973 to 2017. Those with SCI etiologies categorized as vehicular, violent, sports, falls, pedestrian, and medical were included. Interventions: Not applicable. Outcome Measure: Time to mortality after SCI. Results: Relative to the sports related etiology category, those with medical, pedestrian, violence, falls, and vehicular related SCIs had a 2.00 (95% confidence intervals (CIs): 1.79-2.24), 1.57 (CIs: 1

SUBMITTER: McGrath R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6718184 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature