Table 4 Outcomes comparison by age group and injury severity
From: Sex-based differences in outcomes after severe injury: an analysis of blunt trauma patients in China
Variables | 13 ≤ Age < 45 | 45 ≤ Age < 50 | Age ≥50 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 ≤ ISS < 25 | ISS ≥25 | 16 ≤ ISS < 25 | ISS ≥25 | 16 ≤ ISS < 25 | ISS ≥25 | |||||||||||||
Male | Female | P | Male | Female | P | Male | Female | P | Male | Female | P | Male | Female | P | Male | Female | P | |
n | 583 | 155 | - | 213 | 108 | 57 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 357 | 80 | 132 | 49 | |||||
Ventilator, % | 51 (8.7%) | 5 (3.2%) | 0.021 | 41 (19.2%) | 10 (9.3%) | 0.021 | 5 (8.8%) | 1 (3.0%) | 0.623 | 5 (20.0%) | 1 (12.3%) | 0.367 | 27 (7.6%) | 3 (3.8%) | 0.223 | 33 (24.6%) | 5 (10.2%) | 0.03 |
Duration of ventilation, days | 6.8 ± 5.2 | 6.6 ± 6.1 | 0.682 | 10.8 ± 7.1 | 9.7 ± 6.3 | 0.175 | 6.2 ± 5.0 | 5.8 ± 7.2 | 0.792 | 10.6 ± 7.4 | 9.1 ± 6.3 | 0.550 | 6.7 ± 4.8 | 6.1 ± 5.3 | 0.322 | 10.1 ± 6.7 | 8.4 ± 5.9 | 0.12 |
Days at ICU | 9.3 ± 3.7 | 8.8 ± 4.6 | 0.157 | 11.1 ± 8.2 | 9.3 ± 8.9 | 0.072 | 7.6 ± 4.3 | 11.4 ± 3.8 | 0.001 | 9.6 ± 7.6 | 13.5 ± 9.3 | 0.183 | 11.2 ± 4.5 | 12.0 ± 3.9 | 0.142 | 12.3 ± 7.8 | 16.1 ± 9.0 | 0.006 |
Length of hospital stay, days | 21.3 ± 11.3 | 22.6 ± 10.6 | 0.198 | 23.1 ± 12.5 | 24.3 ± 13.2 | 0.426 | 19.4 ± 12.3 | 18.1 ± 15.6 | 0.716 | 21.2 ± 14.9 | 19.3 ± 15.6 | 0.723 | 19.8 ± 13.8 | 23.1 ± 14.3 | 0.056 | 21.5 ± 16.3 | 25.8 ± 15.1 | 0.11 |
Mortality, n(%) | 36 (6.2%) | 3 (1.9%) | 0.036 | 30 (14.1%) | 3 (2.8%) | 0.002 | 2 (3.5%) | 1 (5.6%) | 0.828 | 3 (12.0%) | 1 (8.3%) | 0.737 | 26 (7.3%) | 4 (5.0%) | 0.465 | 28 (21.2%) | 4 (8.2%) | 0.041 |