Table 1.
Descriptive data for all patients, and ISS subgroups. Statistical tests performed across groups 1–3 are given for each variable with post-hoc significances (p<0.05) where relevant.
| 1-ISS
12-14 |
2-ISS
16-24 |
3-ISS
>24 |
All patients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | 105 | 275 | 186 | 8177 |
| Age (yrs) | ||||
| Average | 10.47 | 8.93 | 8.81 | 7.64 |
| Std deviation | 4.23 | 5.02 | 4.86 | 4.70 |
| Comparison (ANOVA) | p<0.0099; 1 vs 2 & 1 vs 3 | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 66 | 180 | 123 | 5202 |
| Female | 39 | 95 | 63 | 2975 |
| M:F ratio | 1.69:1 | 1.89:1 | 1.95:1 | 1.75:1 |
| Comparison (Chi-square) | p<0.8468 | |||
| Trauma type | ||||
| Blunt | 99 | 253 | 165 | 7069 |
| Penetrating | 4 | 5 | 10 | 567 |
| Burn | 2 | 17 | 11 | 541 |
| Comparison (Chi-square) | p<0.1191 | |||
| LOS (excl death) | ||||
| Median | 5.71 | 6.00 | 13.31 | 1.00 |
| Lower quartile | 3.84 | 3.47 | 5.91 | 0.63 |
| Upper quartile | 9.80 | 11.85 | 30.33 | 2.00 |
| Comparison (ANOVA; lnLOS) | p<0.0001; 1 vs 3 & 2 vs 3 | |||
| ICU admits (%) | 29 (27.6) | 100 (36.4) | 127 (68.3) | 393 (4.8) |
| Comparison (Chi-square) | p<0.0001; 1 vs 3 & 2 vs 3 | |||
| Deaths (%) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.5) | 28 (15.1) | 32 (0.4) |
| Comparison (Chi-square) | p<0.0001; 1 vs 3 & 2 vs 3 | |||
| Transport-related mechanism (%) | 62 (59.0) | 130 (47.3) | 97 (52.2) | 1866 (22.8) |
| Comparison (Chi-square) | p<0.1137 | |||