Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 95-101 , January 2009

Behavioral Risk Factors of Mortality After Spinal Cord Injury

  • James S. Krause, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to James S. Krause, PhD, Dept of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, 77 President St, Ste 117, PO Box 250700, Charleston, SC 29425
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  • Rickey E. Carter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Elisabeth Pickelsimer, DA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

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    Estimated survival curves from the final fitted Cox model (table 1). More healthy behaviors defined as an SCI medication score of 4 (no use), zero binge drinking days, 17 hours out of bed per day, and

    Estimated survival curves from the final fitted Cox model (table 1). More healthy behaviors defined as an SCI medication score of 4 (no use), zero binge drinking days, 17 hours out of bed per day, and a smoking score of 1 (no use). Less healthy behaviors defined as SCI medication score of 11, 30 binge drinking days, 9 hours out of bed per day, and a smoking score of 6. The survival estimates are averaged over the core biographic and injury characteristics.

 Supported by the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133G030117), the Model Spinal Cord Injury Systems (grant no. H133N000005), and the National Institutes of Health (grant no. 1R01 NS 48117-01 A1). The opinions here are those of the grantee and do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)01543-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.07.012

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 95-101 , January 2009

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