Table 2 Characteristics of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury by period
From: Change in the profile of traumatic spinal cord injury over 15 years in Spain
2001–2005 | 2006–2010 | 2011–2015 | Total (%) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
Sex | Male | 91 (78.4) | 64 (84.2) | 71(78.9) | 226 (80.1) | 0.58 |
Female | 25 (21.6) | 12 (15.8) | 19 (21.1) | 56 (19.9) | ||
Aetiology | Traffic | 52 (44.8) | 28 (36.8) | 23 (25.6) | 103 (36.5) | 0.05 |
Fall | 41 (35.3) | 34 (44.7) | 49 (54.4) | 124 (44) | ||
Dive | 13 (11.2 | 4 (5.3) | 8 (8.9) | 25 (8.9) | ||
Other | 10 (8.6) | 10 (13.2) | 10 (11.1) | 30 (10.6) | ||
Level of injury | Cervical | 57 (49.1) | 40 (52.6) | 47 (52.2) | 144 (50.9) | 0.76 |
Thoracic | 40 (34.5) | 26 (34.2) | 34 (38.2) | 90 (35.6) | ||
Lumbar | 19 (16.4) | 10 (13.2) | 9 (10.1) | 38 (13.5) | ||
Type of injury | Complete | 53 (45.7) | 39 (51.3) | 50 (55.6) | 142 (50.4) | 0.37 |
Incomplete | 63 (54.3) | 37 (48.7) | 40 (44.4) | 140 (49.6) | ||
ASIA score | A | 53 (48.6) | 37 (52.9) | 46 (56.1) | 136 (52.1) | 0.85 |
B | 9 (8.3) | 6 (8.6) | 3 (3.7) | 18 (6.9) | ||
C | 14 (12.8) | 10 (14.3) | 13 (15.9) | 37 (14.2) | ||
D | 30 (27.5) | 14 (20) | 18 (22) | 62 (23.8) | ||
E | 3 (2.8) | 3 (4.3) | 2 (2.4) | 8 (3.1) | ||
Neurological category | CT | 24 (20.7) | 17 (22.4) | 18 (20) | 49 (20.9) | 0.73 |
IT | 33 (28.4) | 23 (30.3) | 28 (31.1) | 84 (29.8) | ||
CP | 29 (25) | 22 (28.9) | 29 (32.2) | 80 (28.4) | ||
IP | 30 (25.9) | 14 (18.4) | 15 (16.7) | 59 (20.9) | ||