Table 6: Factors affecting clinical complications of patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries after multiple imputations.

Factor	Odds Ratio (CI)	Standard Error	p-value
Sex Female Male	Ref 1.46 (.76, 2.80)	Ref 0.486	Ref 0.260
Age	1.03 (1.01, 1.05)	0.009	0.003
Length of hospital stay	1.03 (1.02, 1.04)	0.004	<0.0001
Cause of injury Fall Falling object Road traffic accident Other	Ref 216.14 (73.82, 632.88) 2.65 (1.53, 4.57) 6.69 (2.19, 20.39)	Ref 118.477 0.737 3.804	Ref <0.0001 <0.0001 0.001
Level of injury Thoracic Cervical Lumbar	Ref 0.33(0.18, 0.61) 0.31 (0.16, 0.62)	Ref .103 .109	Ref <0.0001 0.001
Type of treatment Non-operative Operative	Ref 3.88 (1.96, 7.62)	Ref 1.338	Ref <0.0001
Patient needed implants No Yes	Ref 0.446 (0.25, 0.79)	Ref 0.129	Ref 0.005
Paralysis at presentation No paralysis Monoplegia/Hemiplegia Paraplegia Tetraplegia	Ref 2.92(1.46, 5.86) 5.66(1.70, 18.85) 1(NA)	Ref 1.037 3.474 NA	Ref 0.003 0.005 NA
Paralysis at discharge No paralysis Monoplegia/Hemiplegia Paraplegia Tetraplegia	Ref 4.86 (2.33, 10.12) 22.69 (6.60, 78.00) 1 (NA)	Ref 1.819 14.296	Ref <0.0001 <0.0001
Frankel Grade at presentation A B C D E	Ref 0.28 (0.11, 0.72) 0.07 (0.03, 0.19) 0.14 (0.05, 0.39) 0.05 (0.12, 0.16)	Ref 0.135 0.036 0.072 0.030	Ref 0.008 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Frankel Grade at discharge A B C D E	Ref 0.44 (.16, 1.23) 0.31 (.11, .84) 0.44 (.16, 1.20) 0.04 (.01, .11)	Ref 0.232 0.157 0.225 0.022	Ref 0.119 0.021 0.109 <0.0001