Table 1 Demographics of hospitalized elderly and adult trauma patients in fall accidents

Age

78.0

±7.3

49.8

±11.1

Gender, n (%)

<0.001

 Male

788

(32.8)

1171

(61.3)

 Female

161

(67.2)

73

(38.7)

Co-morbidity

 DM

740

(30.8)

295

(15.5)

<0.001

 HTN

1493

(62.1)

451

(23.6)

<0.001

 CAD

221

(9.2)

48

(2.5)

<0.001

 CHF

71

(3.0)

16

(0.8)

<0.001

 CVA

335

(13.9)

168

(3.6)

<0.001

 ESRD

123

(5.1)

64

(3.4)

0.005

Fall height, n (%)

 <1 m

2209

(91.9)

1194

(62.5)

<0.001

 1-6 m

191

(7.9)

672

(35.2)

<0.001

 >6 m

3

(0.1)

43

(2.3)

<0.001

GCS

14.5

±1.9

14.4

±2.0

0.283

 ≤8

69

(2.9)

74

(3.9)

0.067

 9-12

92

(3.8)

57

(3.0)

0.132

 ≥13

2242

(93.3)

1778

(93.1)

0.833

AIS, n (%)

 Head/Neck

510

(21.2)

451

(23.6)

0.060

 Face

99

(4.1)

161

(8.4)

<0.001

 Thorax

129

(5.4)

209

(10.9)

<0.001

 Abdomen

102

(4.2)

149

(7.8)

<0.001

 Extremity

1857

(77.3)

1408

(73.8)

0.007

ISS, n (%)

 <16

2106

(87.6)

1646

(86.2)

0.169

 16-24

229

(9.5)

195

(10.2)

0.453

 ≥25

68

(2.8)

68

(3.6)

0.172

ISS

9.3

±4.4

8.3

±6.1

<0.001

 <16

8.0

±2.4

6.4

±2.9

<0.001

 16-24

16.7

±1.4

17.3

±2.1

<0.001

 ≥25

25.8

±2.2

29.4

±8.0

<0.001

NISS

10.3

±6.8

9.5

±8.2

<0.001

TRISS

0.99

±0.12

0.99

±0.12

0.768

Mortality, n (%)

78

(3.2)

25

(1.3)

<0.001

 Men

46

(5.8)

22

(1.9)

 Female

32

(2.0)

3

(0.4)

 AOR (95%CI)

0.40

(0.13-1.20)

0.103

LOS (days)

9.6

±8.7

8.5

±9.4

0.183

ICU

 Patients, n (%)

390

(16.2)

225

(13.4)

0.009

  <16

175

(8.3)

85

(5.2)

<0.001

  16-24

153

(66.8)

115

(59.0)

0.095

≥25

62

(91.2)

55

(80.9)

0.083

 LICUS (days)

8.6

±11.4

7.6

±9.1

0.034

  <16

6.8

±8.3

5.1

±5.8

0.032

  16-24

8.8

±12.3

7.4

±10.0

0.092

  ≥25

13.3

±14.7

12.0

±9.6

0.018