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. 2006 Aug;23(8):618–621. doi: 10.1136/emj.2005.029017

Table 3 Mechanism of head injury in 236 patients.

Mech‐ anism Norm‐ osmic, n = 102 (%) Acute OD, n = 101 (%) Chronic OD, n = 33 (%) All, n = 236 (%) χ2 test for associa‐ tion
Fall 42 (41) 62 (61) 23 (70) 128 (54) p = 0.0001
Assault 38 (37) 13 (13) 2 (6) 53 (22)
RTA 16 (16) 20 (20) 5 (15) 41 (17)
Other 6 (6) 6 (6) 3 (9) 14 (6)

RTA, road traffic accident.