Table 3.
Demographics, Injury Characteristics from Sensitivity Analyses
| Sample Characteristics | Examining those who were living and maintain a private residential status | Examining those who had 15 or more years of follow-up | ||||
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| In Sensitivity Analyses (N=1442) | Dropped from Sensitivity Analyses (N=218) | In Sensitivity Analyses (N=481) | Dropped from Sensitivity Analyses (N=1179) | |||
| Age at injury, X̄ ±SD | 32.8 ±13.7 | 44.9 ± 16.3 | t(264.9+)=−10.40, p<0.0001 | 29.8 ± 12.3 | 36.2 ± 15.1 | t(1082.4+)=9.00, p<0.0001 |
| Male | 1126 (78.1) | 178(81.7) | χ2(1)=1.43, p=0.23 | 385 (80.0) | 919 (78.0) | χ2(1)=0.89, p=0.35 |
| Race (N missing 114) Minority | 408 (28.3) | 54(24.8) | χ2 (1)=1.17, p=0.28 | 116 (24.1) | 346 (29.4) | χ2(1)=4.65, p=0.03 |
| Motor-FIM at discharge from Rehab, X̄ ±SD | 53.8 ±21.4 | 43.3 ±22.6 | t(1658)=6.70, p<0.0001 | 57.7 ± 22.1 | 50.3 ± 21.4 | t(1658)= −6.30, p<0.0001 |
| Level/Severity at discharge (N missing 125) | χ2 (3)=13.80, p=0.003 | χ2(3)=8.23, p=0.04 | ||||
| Paraplegia, incomplete | 236(16.4) | 25(11.5) | 81 (16.8) | 180 (15.3) | ||
| Paraplegia, complete | 488(33.8) | 60(27.5) | 173 (36.0) | 375 (31.8) | ||
| Tetraplegia, incomplete | 429(29.8) | 68(31.2) | 120 (25.0) | 377 (32.0) | ||
| Tetraplegia, complete | 289(20.0) | 65(29.8) | 107 (22.3) | 247 (21.0) | ||
+Satterthwaite method used due to unequal variances.