Table 2.

Demographic characteristics and hemocoagulative abnormalities related to development of cerebral infarction within 1 week in patients with moderate or severe head trauma.

Characteristics of patients	No. of patients	PTCI (%)	P value
Gender
Male	155	18 (11.61)	0.550
Female	110	10 (9.09)
Age (years)
<20	60	7 (11.67)	0.892
20–40	150	15 (10.00)
>40	55	6 (10.91)
Admission GCS scores
3–5	52	10 (19.23)	0.005b
6–8	121	15 (12.40)
9–12	92	3 (3.26)
Platelet count (×109/L)
<100	25	8 (32.00)	0.003b
100–300	210	19 (9.05)
>300	30	1 (3.33)
PT (s)
≤8	30	5 (16.67)	0.034a
8–17	162	11 (6.79)
≥17	73	12 (16.44)
APTT (s)
≤18	27	4 (14.81)	0.043a
18–50	177	13 (7.34)
≥50	61	11 (18.03)
Fibrinogen (g/L)
<2	69	15 (21.74)	0.001b
2–4	161	9 (5.59)
>4	35	4 (11.43)
D-dimer (mg/L)
≤2	87	2 (2.30)	0.001b
>2	178	26 (14.61)
DIC scores
<5	209	13 (6.22)	0.000b
≥5	56	15 (26.79)

PTCI: posttraumatic cerebral infarction; GCS: Glasgow Coma Score; PT: prothrombin time; APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation.

^a P < 0.05 marked statistical significance.

^b P < 0.01 more marked statistical significance.