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. 2013 Jun 1;30(11):946–957. doi: 10.1089/neu.2012.2579

Table 2B.

S100b Serum Bivariate Associations between Outcomes, Demographic/Clinical Variables, S100b Average Levels, Peak Levels, and Trajectory Groups

 
Acute care mortality
Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS)
Disability Rating Scale (DRS)
Variable Alive Dead p-value 1 2/3 4/5 p-value 0–3 4–14 15–30 p-value
Gender, N (%)
Female 9 (47.4) 10 (52.6) 0.052 11 (55.0) 6 (30.0) 3 (15.0) 0.462 2 (10.0) 5 (25.0) 13 (65.0) 0.360
Male 43 (72.9) 16 (27.1)   19 (37.3) 20 (39.2) 12 (23.5)   13 (26.0) 9 (18.0) 28 (56.0)  
Age, years, mean±SEM 32.9±2.1 44.1±2.8 0.003 46.1±2.7 33.0±3.1 26.5±2.3 <0.001 27.8±3.6 31.2±3.5 42.9±2.5 0.002
BMI, mean±SEM 25.9±0.8 27.1±1.1 0.193 27.1±1.0 26.4±1.3 25.9±1.8 0.356 25.4±1.9 28.0±2.0 26.6±0.8 0.280
GCS, median 7 5 0.030 6 6 7 0.034 7 7 6 0.001
ISS, mean±SEM 33.8±1.5 37.7±1.8 0.114 35.9±1.8 34.6±1.8 34.4±2.9 0.844 32.9±2.6 33.9±2.8 36.3±1.5 0.506
Hypothermia treatment, N (% yes) 9 (81.8) 2 (18.2) 0.319 2 (18.2) 3 (27.3) 6 (54.5) 0.018 6 (60.0) 1 (10.0) 3 (30.0) 0.010
Long-bone fracture, N (% fractured) 6 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0.171 0 (0.0) 4 (66.7) 2 (33.3) 0.048 2 (33.3) 3 (50.0) 1 (16.7) 0.043
Isolated head injury, N (% with IHI) 23 (63.9) 13 (36.1) 0.810 16 (47.1) 13 (38.2) 5 (14.7) 0.465 6 (18.2) 6 (18.2) 21 (63.6) 0.756
Mechanism of injury
 Automobile/motorcycle 40 (71.4) 16 (28.6) 0.084 17 (34.7) 19 (38.8) 13 (26.5) 0.156 12 (25.0) 11 (22.9) 25 (52.1) 0.665
 Fall/jump 4 (36.4) 7 (63.6)   9 (75.0) 2 (16.7) 1 (8.3)   2 (16.7) 1 (8.3) 9 (75.0)  
 Other 7 (70.0) 3 (30.0)   4 (44.4) 4 (44.4) 1 (11.2)   1 (11.1) 2 (22.2) 6 (66.7)  
Radiological injury type, N (% present)
 Subdural hhematoma 30 (62.5) 18 (37.5) 0.615 21 (44.7) 17 (36.2) 9 (19.1) 0.755 9 (19.6) 10 (21.7) 27 (58.7) 0.774
 Subarachnoid hemorrhage 36 (61.0) 23 (39.0) 0.153 27 (49.1) 16 (29.1) 12 (21.8) 0.093 11 (20.4) 8 (14.8) 35 (64.8) 0.025
 Diffuse axonal injury 15 (75.0) 5 (25.0) 0.412 5 (29.4) 6 (35.3) 6 (35.3) 0.259 6 (35.3) 3 (17.6) 8 (47.1) 0.343
 Epidural hematoma 10 (66.7) 5 (33.3) >0.999 5 (35.7) 6 (21.4) 6 (42.9) 0.102 6 (42.9) 2 (14.2) 6 (42.9) 0.127
 Contusion 19 (50.0) 19 (50.0) 0.007 20 (54.1) 11 (29.7) 6 (16.2) 0.157 7 (18.9) 6 (16.2) 24 (64.9) 0.402
 Intraventricular hemorrhage 15 (75.0) 5 (25.0) 0.412 8 (42.1) 7 (36.8) 4 (21.1) >0.999 4 (21.1) 2 (10.5) 13 (68.4) 0.435
 Intracerebral hemorrhage 17 (68.0) 8 (32.0) 0.801 11 (50.0) 8 (36.4) 3 (13.6) 0.565 2 (9.5) 7 (33.3) 12 (57.2) 0.115
S100b Levels (pg/mL), mean±SEM
 S100b average levels 9.61±1.37 21.15±3.98 0.001 19.39±3.64 10.26±1.80 10.68±3.08 0.112 10.49±3.03 10.06±2.63 17.12±2.82 0.236
 S100b peak levels 16.12±2.11 33.43±5.89 0.002 30.42±5.41 17.58±2.73 18.44±4.78 0.181 18.21±4.62 16.56±3.96 27.39±4.19 0.267
 S100b trajectory groups, N (%)
Low group 34 (79.1) 9 (20.9) 0.015 12 (31.6) 16 (42.1) 10 (26.3) 0.150 9 (24.3) 9 (24.3) 19 (51.4) 0.458
High group 18 (51.4) 17 (48.6)   18 (54.5) 10 (30.3) 5 (15.2)   6 (18.2) 5 (15.1) 22 (66.7)  

SEM, standard error of the mean; BMI, body mass index; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; ISS, Injury Severity Score; IHI, isolated head injury.

Bolded values represent statistically significant comparisons where alpha<0.05.