Table 2.

Univariate analysis comparing ICU trauma patients who died (n = 28) and survived (n = 174), Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates, 2003–2006

Variable	Survived	Non-survivor	p value
	(%) n = 174	(%) n = 28
Median age years (range)	29 (1–80)	35 (4–65)	0.016
Gender			0.58
Male	156 (89.7)	25 (89.3)
Female	18 (10.3)	3 (10.7)
Nationality a			0.2
UAE	42 (24.6)	4 (14.8)
Non UAE	129 (75.4)	23 (85.2)
Median (range) heart rate per minute	97(50–180)	91 (60–180)	0.71
Median Systolic blood pressure mmHg	130 (78–224)	120 (50–215)	0.25
(range)
GCS median (range)	13 (3–15)	5 (3–15)	0.001
ISS median (range)	17 (1–41)	25 (4–36)	<0.0001
AIS head median (range)	2 (0–4)	3 (0–5)	0.3
AIS chest median (range)	0 (0–4)	0 (0–3)	0.76
Mechanism			0.004
Road traffic collision	127 (73)	19 (67.8)
Fall	30 (17.2)	2 (7.1)
Burn	5 (2.9)	6 (21.4)
Others	12 (6.9)	1 (3.6)
Ventilated	77 (44.3)	22 (78.6)	0.001
Head injury	107 (61.5)	18 (64.3)	0.83
Chest injury	77 (44.3)	11 (39.3)	0.68

Date presented as median (range) or number (%) as appropriate, p value=Fisher's Exact test or Mann Whitney, U test as appropriate