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Table 1 Patient characteristics in the total cohort, the responders and the non-responders

From: Longitudinal analysis of health status the first year after trauma in severely injured patients

 

Total cohort

Responders

Non-responders

p-value

N (%)

433

239

194

 

Age, mean (SD)

56.2 (19.9)

56.31 (19.3)

56.13 (20.7)

0.949

Male, n (%)

277 (64.0)

147 (61.5)

130 (67.0)

0.268

ISS, median [IQR]

19 [17–24]

20 [17–24]

19 [17–22.5]

0.321

GCS, median [IQR]a

–

15 [13.5–15.0]

–

–

H-LOS, median [IQR]

10 [5–17]

10 [5–17.75]

9 [4.75–17]

0.153

ICU admission, n (%)

276 (63.7)

159 (66.5)

117 (60.3)

0.406

ASA classification, n (%)

   

0.010

ASA I

174 (40.2)

111 (46.4)

63 (32.5)

 

ASA II

155 (35.8)

83 (34.7)

72 (37.1)

 

ASA III/IV

65 (15.0)

25 (10.4)

40 (20.6)

 

Missing

39 (9.0)

20 (8.4)

19 (9.8)

 

Region of injury with AIS ≥ 3, n (%)

Head or face

219 (50.6)

111 (46.4)

108 (55.7)

0.056

Thorax

173 (40.0)

97 (40.6)

76 (39.2)

0.766

Abdomen

41 (9.5)

23 (9.6)

18 (9.3)

0.903

Spine

49 (11.3)

31 (13.0)

18 (9.3)

0.228

Extremity

76 (17.6)

50 (20.9)

26 (13.4)

0.041

Ventilation, n (%)

86 (19.9)

46 (19.2)

40 (20.6)

0.722

Multi person household, n (%)a

–

140 (58.6)

–

–

Employed, n (%)a

–

104 (43.5)

–

–

  1. Legend: N Number, SD Standard deviation, ISS Injury Severity score, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, H-LOS Hospital length of stay, ICU Intensive Care Unit, ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists classification, AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, IQR Interquartile range. aUnknown in the non-responders