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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Apr 21;214(6):973–980. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.02.020

Table 2.

Injury Characteristics of the Study Cohort across Race

Variable Caucasian (n=176,862) Black (n= 27,242) Hispanic (n= 22,331) Asian (n= 4,007) p Value
Age, y (range) 44 (26–61) 39 (25–51) 31 (23–45) 45 (27–63) <0.001
ED GCS (range) 15 (5–15) 14 (3–15) 14 (4–15) 15 (10–15) <0.001
ISS (range) 24 (18–29) 24 (18–29) 24 (18–29) 25 (18–29) 0.036
TRISS survival probability (range) 0.94 (0.79–0.98) 0.96 (0.81–0.98) 0.94 (0.75–0.98) 0.94 (0.75–0.98) <0.001
Hypotensive, % 8.7 8.7 8.8 10.4 <0.001
ED to OR, % 17.6 19.3 21.3 19.6 <0.001

p<0.001 Considered statistically significant. Independent Kruskal-Wallis and Chi-Square statistic testing across the four racial groups was utilized.

ED GCS, emergency department Glasgow Coma Score; ISS, injury severity score; TRISS, Trauma Score – Injury Severity Score; OR, operating room.