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Table 4 Comparison of the trauma patients regarding sex and outcomes in levels I–III in the Taiwan Triage and Acuity Scales system

From: Use of the reverse shock index for identifying high-risk patients in a five-level triage system

Variables

Triage

I

II

  

III

  

IV

V

N = 623

N = 3333

I vs. II

N = 6522

II vs. III

N = 314

N = 22

   

Odds ratio (95 % CI)

p

 

Odds ratio (95 % CI)

p

  

Gender

   

0.173

  

<0.001

  

     Male (n, %)

455 (73.0)

2344 (70.3)

1.1 (0.94–1.38)

 

3899 (59.8)

1.6 (1.46–1.74)

 

175 (55.7)

13 (59.1)

     Female (n, %)

168 (27.0)

989 (29.7)

0.9 (0.72–1.06)

 

2623 (40.2)

0.6 (0.57–0.69)

 

139 (44.3)

9 (40.9)

ISS

         

Median (IQR)

17 (10–25)

8 (4–13)

 

<0.001

4 (4–9)

 

<0.001

4 (4–9)

4 (4–9)

LOS (days)

19.3±19.8

11.3±11.1

 

<0.001

7.3±7.3

 

<0.001

7.2±7.1

9.0±8.5

ICU

         

 n (%)

416 (66.8)

809 (24.3)

6.3 (5.21–7.54)

<0.001

499 (7.7)

3.9 (3.43–4.37)

<0.001

47 (15.0)

3 (13.6)

 Days

12.5±14.9

8.3±11.3

 

<0.001

7.2±7.1

 

0.040

8.1±8.7

4±2.6

Mortality

96 (15.4)

27 (0.8)

22.3 (14.4–34.5)

<0.001

14 (0.2)

3.8 (1.99–7.25)

<0.001

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)