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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Jan;74(1):157–166. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318278908a

TABLE 6.

Univariate Analysis of EFIC and Willingness Scores

Variable EFIC Score, Median (IQR) p Willingness Score, Median (IQR) p
Group 16 (14–18) 82 (76–88.5)
 Patient (n = 172) 16 (14–16) 0.50 81 (75–84) 0.005
 Family (n = 73) 16 (14–19) 84 (76–92.5)
 Community (n = 64) 16 (13–18.75) 83.5 (77–91)
Sex
 Male (n = 162) 16 (14–17) 0.58 81 (75–87) 0.507
 Female (n = 147) 16 (14–18) 82 (76–90)
Age, y
 18–24 (n = 64) 16 (14–18) 0.466 82 (76–86.75) 0.205
 25–34 (n = 57) 16 (14–18) 81 (73.5–86)
 35–49 (n = 83) 16 (14–18) 82 (76–91)
 50–64 (n = 76) 16 (14–18) 83.5 (76.25–91.75)
 ≥65 (n = 29) 16 (13.5–16) 80 (75–84)
Race
 African American (189) 16 (14–17.5) 0.044 81 (75–86) 0.118
 White (n = 102) 16 (15–18) 83 (76–92)
 Other (n = 16) 14 (13–16) 84.5 (75.5–88.5)
Religion
 None (n = 55) 16 (14–18) 0.339 80 (74.5–88) 0.413
 Judeo-Christian (n = 203) 16 (14–18) 82 (75.25–86.75)
 Islam (n = 40) 16 (14–17.75) 81 (75.25–86.75)
 Other (n = 11) 16 (14.25–18) 84.5 (76.75–89.25)
Education
 Some high school (n = 37) 16 (14–18) 0.50 80 (76–87) 0.314
 High school graduate (n = 128) 16 (14–17) 82 (75–86)
 Some college or technical school (n = 82) 16 (14–18) 84 (76–90)
 College degree (n = 39) 16 (13–19) 82 (74–93)
 Professional degree (n = 23) 16 (15–20) 84 (79–91)
Employment status
 Attending school (n = 18) 16 (13–16.5) 0.649 81 (74.5–89.25) 0.683
 Part time (n = 41) 16 (13–19) 84 (76–91.5)
 Full time (n = 111) 16 (14–18) 82 (75–91)
 Unemployed/disabled (n = 137) 16 (14–17) 82 (76–85)
Previous participation in medical research
 Yes (n = 66) 16 (14–17) 0.367 84 (75–90.25) 0.314
 No (n = 243) 16 (14–17) 82 (76–87)
Given permission for other to participate in medical research
 Yes (n = 17) 16 (14–18) 0.636 84 (70.5–90.5) 0.843
 No (n = 292) 16 (14–18) 82 (76–88)
Experience with significant trauma requiring a transfusion
 Yes (n = 130) 16 (14–18) 0.339 82.5 (75.75–90) 0.543
 No (n = 178) 16 (14–18) 82 (75.75–86)
Admitted following violent event
 Yes (n = 76) 16 (13–16) 0.035 81 (73–84) 0.078
 No (n = 167) 16 (14–18) 82 (76–89)
The AVERT Shock Trial is an important study to perform
 Yes (n = 299) 16 (14–18) 0.007 82 (76–89) 0.016
 No (n = 4) 13.5 (9–16) 82 (74.5–91)
 Neutral (n = 6) 12 (10–14) 69 (60–77.25)

Groups compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test. Significant differences underwent pairwise comparisons with adjusted significance of p < 0.05 reported.