Table 2.

Patient Characteristics

Variable	Group	n	Median (interquartile range)	p value
Time from the onset of TBI
To admission (h)	Hypothermia	98	0.7 (0.5–1.0)	0.780
	Fever control	50	0.8 (0.5–0.9)
To randomization (h)	Hypothermia	91	3.8 (2.7–5.1)	0.906
	Fever control	46	3.3 (2.3–4.5)
To the start of cooling (h)	Hypothermia	94	3.0 (2.3–4.5)
to 35.5°C (h)	Hypothermia	91	5.2 (3.5–7.5)
to 34.0°C (h)	Hypothermia	92	8.1 (5.3–11.8)
Duration of cooling (h)	Hypothermia	82	75.5 (68.9–84.0)
Duration of rewarming (h)	Hypothermia	80	76.0 (51.5–113.5)

TBI, traumatic brain injury.