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Table 6 Comparison of clinical characteristics among groups A, B and C

From: Relationship between admission coagulopathy and prognosis in children with traumatic brain injury: a retrospective study

 

Group A

(n = 157)

Group B (n = 73)

Group C (n = 51)

Pa

Pairwise Comparisons

A v B

A v C

B v C

Age, M

60.0

(23.0-95.5)

36.0

(14.5–88.0)

37.0

(21.0–78.0)

0.056

   

Males, n (%)

90

(57.3 %)

48

(65.8 %)

32

(62.7 %)

0.446

   

Weight, kg

18.0

(12.3–25.0)

16.0

(10.5–22.0)

15.0

(10.0–20.0)

0.073

   

GCS

8 (7–12)

8 (6–9)

5 (3–7)

< 0.001

0.038

< 0.001

< 0.001

PTS

6 (4–8)

4 (3–6)

2 (1–3)

< 0.001

0.003

< 0.001

< 0.001

ISS

18 (9–25)

18 (12–29)

25 (18–34)

< 0.001

0.333

< 0.001

0.067

Polytrauma,n (%)

72 (45.9 %)

37 (50.7 %)

35 (68.6 %)

0.018

   

Hypotension,n(%)

6 (3.8 %)

10 (13.7 %)

18 (35.5 %)

< 0.001

   

Lactate, mmol/L

1.3 (0.7–2.8)

2.8 (1.1–4.4)

4.9 (2.9–7.1)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

Hgb, g/L

106 (92–118)

92 (79–105)

76 (55–85)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

Death, n (%)

7 (4.5 %)

15 (20.5 %)

31 (60.8 %)

< 0.001

   

HLOS, d

20 (12–37)

20 (12–34)

6 (1–25)

< 0.001

1

< 0.001

0.001

Hospital-free days, d

7 (0–15)

2 (0–12)

0 (0–0)

< 0.001

0.148

< 0.001

< 0.001

ILOS, d

2 (1–5)

4 (1–11)

4 (1–9)

0.01

0.017

0.146

1

ICU-free days, d

12 (9–13)

7 (0–13)

0 (0–1)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Intubation days, d

1 (1–2)

2 (1–6)

2 (1–6)

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

1

Intubation-free days, d

13 (11–13)

6 (0–10)

0 (0–0)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. Data are shown as the median (interquartile range) or a number (percentage)
  2. M month, GCS Glasgow Coma Score, PTS Pediatric Trauma Score, ISS Injury Severity Score, Hgb hemoglobin, HLOS hospital length-of-stay, ICU intensive care unit, ILOS ICU length-of-stay
  3. aKruskal–Wallis or Chi-square test for continuous or categorical variables, respectively