Table 3.

Complications among patients in the cohort.

Parameters	All ( n = 120)	Youngest (15–25 years) ( n = 67)	Middle (26–35 years) ( n = 38)	Oldest (36–45 years) ( n = 15)	p value⁣∗
Intubation	87 (72.5%)	49 (73.1%)	29 (76.3%)	9 (60%)	0.476
Pneumonia	60 (50.4%)	31 (47%)	21 (55.3%)	8 (53.3%)	0.732
Brain edema	47 (39.2%)	20 (29.9%)	20 (52.6%)	7 (46.7%)	0.059
Tracheostomy tube placement	33 (27.5%)	21 (31.3%)	10 (26.3%)	2 (13.3%)	0.398
Seizures	22 (18.3%)	14 (20.9%)	5 (13.2%)	3 (20%)	0.667
Urinary tract infection	22 (18.3%)	13 (19.4%)	8 (21.1%)	1 (6.7%)	0.562
Sepsis	22 (18.3%)	11 (16.4%)	8 (21.1%)	3 (20%)	0.793
Gastrostomy tube	17 (14.2%)	12 (17.9%)	4 (10.5%)	1 (6.7%)	0.482
Decompressive surgery for brain edema	11 (9.2%)	5 (7.5%)	5 (13.2%)	1 (6.7%)	0.669
Recurrent hemorrhage	9 (7.5%)	6 (9%)	3 (7.9%)	0 (0%)	0.701
Deep vein thrombosis	9 (7.5%)	5 (7.5%)	4 (10.5%)	0 (0%)	0.621
Ischemic stroke	5 (4.2%)	2 (3%)	3 (7.9%)	0 (0%)	0.405
Pulmonary embolism	5 (4.2%)	2 (3%)	3 (7.9%)	0 (0%)	0.405
Depression	4 (3.5%)	2 (3.1%)	2 (5.7%)	0 (0%)	0.779
Fall	3 (2.8%)	2 (3.4%)	1 (3.1%)	0 (0%)	> 0.999
Myocardial infarction	2 (1.7%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0%)	1 (6.7%)	0.334
Bedsores	2 (1.7%)	1 (1.5%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0%)	> 0.999

⁣^∗Significant differences at 0.05 level.