ORIGINAL ARTICLE Family characteristics and pedestrian injury risk in Mexican children

Background: Family characteristics have been described as risk factors for child pedestrian and motor vehicle collision. Research results come mainly from developed countries, where family relationships could be different than in developing ones. Objective: To examine family characteristics as risk factors for pedestrian injury in children living in Guadalajara City, Mexico. Methods: Case-control study of injuries among children 1–14 years of age involved in pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions. Cases resulting in death or injuries that required hospitalization or medical attention were included and identified through police reports and/or emergency room regis-tries. Two neighborhood matched controls were selected randomly and compared with cases to esti-mate odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI)