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Table 6 Comparison of patients with thoracic lesions

From: Impact of multiple injuries on functional and neurological outcomes of patients with spinal cord injury

 

Thoracic A and B

Thoracic C

Thoracic D

 

Multiple injuries

p-value

Multiple injuries

p-value

Multiple injuries

p-value

 

No

Yes

 

No

Yes

 

No

Yes

 
 

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

 

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

 

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

 

age

43.84 (16.9)

38.07 (13.5)

n.s.

51 (14.8)

39.1 (16.8)

n.s.

39.5 (24.9)

38.4 (16.1)

n.s.

LTA

38.28 (33. 2)

46.88 (27.8)

n.s.

63.3 (53.8

63.1 (45.5)

n.s.

26.7 (11.6)

43 (18.7)

n.s.

LOS

142.58 (63.9)

183.39 (82.6)

n.s.

  

n.s.

46 (40.1)

77.8 (40.1)

n.s.

LTA + LOS

161.81 (82.2)

222.14 (89.4)

<0.05

162.3 (54.2)

219.4 (107.5)

n.s.

72.7 (37.1)

120.8 (46.5)

n.s.

BI admission

16.05 (7.3)

14.27 (5.7)

n.s.

38.7 (13.6)

15.9 (10.2)

<0.005

68.5 (27.8)

29 (15.3)

<0.05

BI discharge

56.62 (23.1)

59.48 (17.8)

n.s.

89.7 (2.5)

90.2 (11.9)

n.s.

95.5 (6.4)

89 (3.5)

n.s.

BI improvement

41.15 (22.4)

38.89 (19.1)

n.s.

45 (3.8)

67.5 (17.7)

n.s.

55 (7.1)

72.5 (3.5)

n.s.

RMI admission

0.25 (0.9)

0.16 (0.5)

n.s.

1.7 (1.5)

0.3 (0.8)

<0.05

7 (7)

1.6 (1.1)

n.s.

RMI discharge

2.85 (1.7)

2.73 (1.3)

n.s.

7.3 (0.6)

7.2 (3.4)

n.s.

13.7 (1.5)

9.8 (4.4)

n.s.

RMI improvement

2.77 (1.9)

2.46 (1.5)

n.s.

8 (1.6)

7.4 (4.1)

n.s.

10 (2.8)

9.5 (4.4

n.s.

WISCI admission

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0

0

n.s.

9.2 (8.9)

2.6 (5.8)

n.s.

WISCI disharge

/

/

 

16 (3)

10.8 (6.5)

n.s.

19.7 (0.5)

18.4 (2.2)

n.s.

WISCI improvement

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19 (1.3)

12.2 (6.9)

n.s.

10.5 (9.1)

15.8 (7.4)

n.s.