The counterintuitive effect of multiple injuries in severity scoring: a simple variable improves the predictive ability of NISS.

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med · 2011 · PMC3094251 · PMID 21504567

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closest p · 1.0× alpha

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approached significancep = 0.05actually significant

However, in severely injured patients (NISS>15) the difference approached significance even in complete models (p = 0.05).

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borderline significantp = 0.09so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

In models completed with physiological variables the size of this difference decreased and was only borderline significant (p = 0.09).

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