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Table 3 Characteristics of in-hospital mortality and functionality outcomes in trauma based on sex in all age groups

From: Trauma outcomes differences in females: a prospective analysis of 76 000 trauma patients in the Asia-Pacific region and the contributing factors

Variable

Categories

Mortality

P value

Poor Discharge GOSa

P value

Poor Discharge mRSb

P value

Females

n = 307

(%)

Males

n = 765

(%)

Females

n = 1990

(%)

Males

n = 3180

(%)

Females

n = 2576

(%)

Males

n = 4101

(%)

Age

< 50

49

( 15.96)

212

(27.71)

< 0.001

265

(13.31)

1089

(34.25)

< 0.001

429

(16.65)

1633

(39.82)

< 0.001

≥ 50

258

(84.04)

553

(72.29)

< 0.001

1725

(86.68)

2091

(65.75)

0.871

2147

(83.35)

2468

(60.18)

0.186

Mechanism of Injury

Blunt

304

(99.02

754

(98.56)

< 0.001

1974

(99.19)

3119

(98.08)

0.406

2557

(99.26)

3987

(97.22)

0.180

Penetrating Injury

3

(0.98)

11

(1.44)

0.685

16

(0.80)

61

(1.92)

< 0.001

19

(0.74)

114

(2.78)

< 0.001

Anatomical Location Of Injury

Head

193

(62.87)

559

(73.07)

< 0.001

548

(27.54)

1418

(44.59)

< 0.001

608

(23.60)

1554

(37.89)

< 0.001

Face

61

(19.87)

174

(27.75)

0.591

240

(12.06)

628

(19.75)

0.112

254

(9.86)

757

(18.46)

< 0.001

Neck

23

(7.49)

55

(7.19)

0.966

61

(3.07)

220

(6.92)

< 0.001

71

(2.76)

224

(5.46)

< 0.001

Thorax

85

(27.69)

258

(33.73)

0.562

305

(15.33)

825

(25.94)

0.007

333

(12.93)

959

(23.38)

< 0.001

Abdomen

71

(23.13)

177

(23.14)

0.526

185

(9.29)

489

(15.38)

0.007

244

(9.47)

612

(14.92)

0.014

Spine

31

(10.10)

71

(9.28)

0.481

190

(9.55)

467

(14.69)

< 0.001

213

(8.27)

480

(11.70)

< 0.001

Upper Extremity

40

(13.03)

102

(13.33)

0.420

274

(13.77)

566

(17.79)

0.309

290

(11.26)

687

(16.75)

0.002

Lower Extremity

120

(39.09)

225

(29.41)

0.337

1324

(66.53)

1531

(48.14)

< 0.001

1799

(69.84)

2144

(52.28)

< 0.001

Other

8

(2.61)

23

(3.01)

0.055

12

(0.60)

31

(0.97)

 

14

(0.54)

39

(0.95)

0.510

Admission Physiological Parameters

SBP < 90

81

(26.38)

186

(24.31)

0.497

103

(5.16)

279

(8.77)

0.578

112

(4.35)

279

(6.80)

0.864

RR > 20

86

(28.01)

284

(37.12)

0.017

237

(11.90)

718

(22.58)

0.001

241

(9.36)

755

(18.41)

< 0 0.001

Admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

13–15

131

(42.67)

262

(34.25)

0.576

1747

(87.79)

2480

(77.99)

< 0.001

2335

(90.64)

3417

(83.32)

< 0.001

9–12

33

(10.75)

70

(9.15)

0.296

104

(5.23)

247

(7.77)

0.161

110

(4.27)

243

(5.93)

0.029

3–8

143

(46.58)

433

(56.60)

0.051

139

(6.98)

453

(14.25)

0.922

131

(5.09)

441

(10.75)

0.512

Admission Injury Severity Score (ISS)

ISS < 9

51

(16.61)

81

(10.59)

0.999

457

(22.96)

747

(23.49)

0.851

766

(29.74)

1313

(32.02)

0.181

ISS 9–15

80

(26.05)

156

(20.39)

0.022

1088

(54.67)

1158

(36.42)

< 0.001

1380

(53.57)

1545

(37.67)

< 0.001

ISS 16–25

93

(30.29)

262

(34.25)

0.604

300

(15.08)

830

(26.10)

0.379

226

(8.77)

670

(16.34)

0.063

ISS > 25

83

(27.04)

266

(34.77)

0.292

145

(7.29)

445

(13.99)

0.159

204

(7.92)

573

(19.97)

0.744

  1. GOS, Glasgow Outcome Scale; MRS, Modified Rankin’s Scale; SBP, Systolic Blood Pressure; RR, Respiratory Rate
  2. a Defined as GOS score of 2–3
  3. b Defined as mRS score of 4–5
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