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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and clinical outcome in the study cohort stratified by gender

From: Impact of gender on post- traumatic intensive care and outcomes

 

Female

Male

p-value

Count (%)

4488 (32.0)

9501 (67.9)

 

Age, median (IQR)

40 (24–60)

39 (24–55)

<  0.001

CCI categories, count (%)

<  0.001

 0

3500 (78.0)

7676 (80.8)

 

 1

515 (11.5)

951 (10.0)

 

  > 1

473 (10.5)

874 (9.2)

 

Anticoagulation therapy, count (%)

101 (2.3)

210 (2.2)

0.880

Psychiatric comorbidity, count (%)

884 (19.7)

1546 (16.3)

<  0.001

Substance abuse, count (%)

440 (9.8)

1690 (17.8)

<  0.001

Penetrating injury, count (%)

102 (2.3)

936 (9.9)

<  0.001

Injury mechanism, count (%)

<  0.001

 Traffic: motor vehicle

1252 (27.9)

2180 (22.9)

 

 Traffic: motorcycle

173 (3.9)

1122 (11.8)

 

 Traffic: bicycle

364 (8.1)

606 (6.4)

 

 Traffic: pedestrian

323 (7.2)

297 (3.1)

 

 Traffic: other

29 (0.6)

104 (1.1)

 

 Shot

11 (0.2)

148 (1.6)

 

 Stabbed

95 (2.1)

771 (8.1)

 

 Hit by blunt object

217 (4.8)

1043 (11.0)

 

 Low-energy fall

712 (15.9)

985 (10.4)

 

 High-energy fall

1262 (28.1)

2092 (22.0)

 

 Other

15 (0.3)

83 (0.9)

 

 Unknown

35 (0.8)

70 (0.7)

 

Nocturnal admission, count (%)

1389 (30.9)

3962 (41.7)

<  0.001

ISS, median (IQR)

5 (1–10)

5 (2–14)

<  0.001

ISS, categories

<  0.001

 0–15

3771 (84.0)

7475 (78.7)

 

 16–24

367 (8.2)

1064 (11.2)

 

 25–40

279 (6.2)

774 (8.1)

 

  > 40

71 (1.6)

188 (2.0)

 

Pre-hospital airway, count (%)

73 (1.6)

201 (2.1)

0.051

Severe head injury, count (%)

619 (13.8)

1557 (16.4)

<  0.001

GCS on arrival, median (IQR)

15 (15–15)

15 (14–15)

<  0.001

GCS on arrival, categories

<  0.001

 13–15

3964 (89.2)

8209 (87.0)

 

 9–12

192 (4.3)

437 (4.6)

 

 3–8

289 (6.5)

790 (8.4)

 

Shock on arrival, count (%)

97 (2.2)

207 (2.2)

0.947

Admitted to ICU, count (%)

687 (15.3)

2099 (22.1)

<  0.001

30-day mortality, count (%)

148 (3.3)

265 (2.8)

0.097

1-year mortality, count (%)

242 (5.4)

465 (4.9)

0.209

  1. Continuous parameters presented as median with interquartile range (IQR), categorical parameters as n (%). CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, ISS Injury Severity Score, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale