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Table 1 Demographic and admission characteristics in both types of trauma

From: When a vehicle becomes a weapon: intentional vehicular assaults in Israel

 

Vehicular assaults (n = 26)

Pedestrian trauma (n = 81)

P value

Age, meana

24.7 ± 13.3

48.3 ± 21.3

<0.001

Sex (males)

21 (81)

42 (52)

0.009

ICU admission

18 (69)

31 (38)

0.006

ICU LOS, mean (days)a

4.3 ± 6.8

7.8 ± 9

NS

LOS, mean (days)a

11.9 ± 13.5

11.5 ± 12.7

NS

Required surgery

17 (65.4)

38 (46.9)

0.1

Number of surgical procedures per patient, meana

1.7 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.5

0.007

Received blood in first 24 h

13 (50)

15 (19)

0.0015

  1. The Student’s t-test and chi-squared test were used for statistical analysis as appropriate
  2. Abbreviations: LOS length of stay, ICU intensive care unit
  3. aData shown as number (and percentage) and mean ± standard deviation