Table 3.
The impact of gender, injury mechanism, injury severity, and intervention on survival of patients with penetrating trauma to the buttock (n = 240)
| Factor | Groups | Alive/Death | P* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | male vs female | 228/9 vs 12/0 | 0.4917 |
| Injury mechanism | stabbing vs shooting | 64/5 vs 176/4 | 0.1281 |
| Hypovolemic shock | present vs not present | 17/8 vs 224/1 | < 0.0001 |
| Visceral/vascular injury | present vs not present | 61/9 vs 179/0 | < 0.0001 |
| Intervention extent | major vs minor/no surgery | 89/9 vs 151/0 | 0.0006 |
* Chi2-test with Yates' correction