Table 1.

Demographic data of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and healthy controls.

	Patients with TBI	Normal controls	F	P
Numbers	24	24
Sex (male/female)	11/13	12/12		1.000
Age (age)	42.79 ± 15.56	42.67 ± 12.68	2.003	0.164
Serum thiol concentration	1.63 ± 0.27	1.45 ± 0.35	4.065	0.050
Serum TBARS concentration	18.24 ± 13.70	10.66 ± 3.244	6.558	0.014*
Initial Glasgow Coma Scale	13.74 ± 3.02
Motor deficit	3 (12.5%)
Posttraumatic amnesia	5 (20.8%)
Seizure	0 (0%)
Brief unconsciousness	7 (29.2%)
Depressed skull fracture	0 (0%)
Pneumocranium	4 (16.7%)
Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage	12 (50%)
Subdural hematoma	12 (50%)
Epidural hematoma	5 (20.8%)
Parenchymal contusion hematoma	0 (0%)
Operation	2 (8.3%)
Ventriculostomy	2 (8.3%)
Craniectomy	0 (0%)
Craniotomy	2 (8.3%)
Days of total hospitalization	11.70 ± 7.95
Days of intensive care unit	3.87 ± 4.51
Newly onset of neurological deficit	1 (4.2%)
Deterioration of consciousness	2 (8.3%)

Data are demonstrated as means ± standard deviation.

*Significant differences (P < 0.05).