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Emerg Med J 19:210-214 doi:10.1136/emj.19.3.210
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Positive blood alcohol concentration and road accidents. A prospective study in an Italian emergency department

Table 3

Multivariate logistic regression analysis. Risk of BAC positivity in subjects involved in a crash, in relation to human variables, crash time, and vehicle type

Odds ratio* 95% confidence intervals p Value
*Odds ratio was calculated considering night time, sex, and weekend night by dichotomous variables, age by decades.
All cases
    Night time 3.48 2.46 to 4.91 <0.001
    Male gender 3.08 2.36 to 4.01 <0.001
    Weekend night 1.21 1.05 to 1.41 0.009
    Age 0.92 0.86 to 0.99 0.034
Men
    Night time 3.41 2.31 to 5.04 <0.001
    Weekend night 3.08 1.08 to 1.51 0.004
Women
    Night time 4.45 2.78 to 7.14 <0.001
    Age 0.80 0.68 to 0.95 0.008

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