Table 1.
Demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics of SCI persons
| Sex |
Total | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | ||||
| N = 81 | N = 38 | N = 119 | |||
| Age (years) | 31.9 ± 10.9 | 33.4 ± 9.8 | 32.4 ± 10.5 | 0.4 | |
| Age at time of SCI (years) | 27.7 ± 10.4 | 28.9 ± 10.6 | 28.1 ± 10.4 | 0.5 | |
| Duration of SCI (months) | 48.6 ± 49.4 | 53.7 ± 66.4 | 50.3 ± 55.2 | 0.6 | |
| Level of injury | Paraplegia | 51 (63%) | 29 (76.3%) | 80 (67.2%) | 0.1 |
| Tetraplegia | 30 (37%) | 9 (23.7%) | 39 (32.8%) | ||
| Completeness | Incomplete | 38 (46.9%) | 21 (55.3%) | 59 (49.6%) | 0.4 |
| Complete | 43 (53.1%) | 17 (44.7%) | 60 (50.4%) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 40 (49.4%) | 11 (28.9%) | 51 (42.9%) | 0.04 |
| Married | 38 (46.9%) | 21 (55.3%) | 59 (49.6%) | ||
| Divorced | 2 (2.5%) | 2 (5.3%) | 4 (3.4%) | ||
| Widow | 0 (.0%) | 3 (7.9%) | 3 (2.5%) | ||
| Separated | 1 (1.2%) | 1 (2.6%) | 2 (1.7%) | ||
| Education level | Illiterate | 2 (2.5%) | 3 (7.9%) | 5 (4.2%) | 0.2 |
| Primary–middle school | 42 (51.9%) | 13 (34.2%) | 55 (46.2%) | ||
| High school–Diploma | 26 (32.1%) | 14 (36.8%) | 40 (33.6%) | ||
| University Education | 11 (13.6%) | 8 (21.1%) | 19 (16.0%) | ||
| Occupation | Unemployed | 60 (74.1%) | 25 (65.8%) | 85 (71.4%) | 0.2 |
| Student | 4 (4.9%) | 5 (13.2%) | 9 (7.6%) | ||
| Employed | 17 (21.0%) | 8 (21.1%) | 25 (21.0%) | ||
| The cause of injury | Crash injury | 47 (58.0%) | 32 (84.2%) | 79 (66.4%) | |
| Falling | 10 (12.3%) | 5 (13.2%) | 15 (12.6%) | ||
| Sport injuries | 5 (6.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (4.2%) | ||
| Occupational injuries | 9 (11.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (7.6%) | ||
| Shot | 3 (3.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (2.5%) | ||
| Direct Pressure | 2 (2.5%) | 1 (2.6%) | 3 (2.5%) | ||
| Stabbed | 3 (3.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (2.5%) | ||
| Explosion | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.8%) | ||
| Iatrogenic | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.8%) | ||