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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Feb;20(2):140–145. doi: 10.1111/acem.12074

Table 3.

Relative risk ratios for the clinical variables for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (tICH) (bivariate analysis)

Clinical variable tICH present
n/N (%)
tICH absent
n/N (%)
Relative risk
(95% CI)
Age 65 years and older 50/60 (83.3) 750/922 (81.3) 1.14 (0.59–2.20)
Warfarin use 31/60 (51.7) 683/922 (74.1) 0.40 (0.25–0.65
Clopidogrel use 30/60 (50.0) 249/922 (27.0) 2.52 (1.55–4.10)
Concomitant aspirin use 4/60 (6.7) 41/922 (4.4) 1.49 (0.56–3.92)
Non-ground level fall mechanism 10/60 (16.7) 151/922 (16.4) 1.02 (0.53–1.97)
Headache 30/60 (50.0) 319/922 (34.6) 1.81 (1.11–2.96)
Vomiting 8/60 (13.3) 33/922 (3.6) 3.53 (1.80–6.94)
Loss of consciousness or amnesia 15/60 (25.0) 172/922 (18.7) 1.42 (0.81–2.49)
Drug or alcohol intoxication 4/60 (6.7) 30/922 (3.3) 1.99 (0.77–5.18)
Trauma above the clavicles 41/60 (68.3) 655/922 (71.0) 0.89 (0.52–1.50)
Abnormal mental status 15/60 (25.0) 88/922 (9.5) 2.85 (1.65–4.92)