Relationship of helmet use and head injuries along motorcycle crash victims in El Paso County, Colorado, 1989, 1990.

Author(s)
Gabella, B. Reiner, K.L. Hoffman, R. & Cook, M.
Year
Abstract

A case-control study was conducted in El Paso County, Colorado to estimate differences in risk of head injury among persons in motorcycle crashes who were or were not wearing helmets. There were 71 cases, motorcyclists with head injuries from crashes, and 417 controls, motorcyclists in crashes without head injuries (95% confidence limits: 1.23, 4.70) than motorcyclists wearing helmets. This odd ratio was adjusted for age and crash characteristics, using logistic regression. Alcohol intoxication and severity of motorcycle damage were also associated with significantly elevated odds ratios related to sustaining a head injury. (A)

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C 2495 (In: C 2490 S) /84 / IRRD 862501
Source

In: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, San Antonio, Texas, November 4-6, 1993, p. 51-60, 17 ref.

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