Table 2.
Injury characteristics of adolescent and adult motorcycle riders
| Motorcycle Accident | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescent | Adult | p | |
| N = 635 | N = 1566 | ||
| Age | 17.5 ± 1.4 | 40.1 ± 6.2 | |
| Gender, n(%) | 0.284 | ||
| Male | 416(65.5) | 988(63.1) | |
| Female | 219(34.5) | 578(36.9) | |
| Helmet wearing, n(%) | |||
| Yes | |||
| Drivers | 455(71.7) | 1307(83.5) | 0.038 |
| Pillions | 67(10.6) | 53(3.4) | 0.063 |
| No | |||
| Drivers | 79(12.4) | 157(10.0) | 0.012 |
| Pillions | 18(2.8) | 6(0.4) | 0.090 |
| Unknown | 16(2.5) | 43(2.7) | 0.766 |
| GCS | 14.2 ± 2.3 | 14.1 ± 2.6 | 0.457 |
| ≤ 8 | 30(4.7) | 85(5.4) | 0.502 |
| 9–12 | 37(5.8) | 98(6.3) | 0.702 |
| ≥ 13 | 568(89.4) | 1383(88.3) | 0.447 |
| AIS n(%) | |||
| Head/Neck | 224(35.3) | 521(33.3) | 0.368 |
| Face | 194(30.6) | 403(25.7) | 0.021 |
| Thorax | 54(8.5) | 250(16.0) | 0.000 |
| Abdomen | 65(10.2) | 111(7.1) | 0.014 |
| Extremity | 442(69.6) | 1183(75.5) | 0.004 |
| ISS | 9.2 ± 7.6 | 9.2 ± 7.2 | 0.914 |
| < 16 | 525(82.7) | 1301(83.1) | 0.821 |
| 16–24 | 79(12.4) | 195(12.4) | 0.994 |
| ≥ 25 | 31(4.9) | 70(4.5) | 0.6766 |
| NISS | 10.5 ± 8.4 | 10.5 ± 8.2 | 0.945 |
| TRISS | 0.971 ± 0.110 | 0.975 ± 0.095 | 0.386 |
| Mortality, n(%) | 3(0.5 %) | 20(1.3 %) | 0.093 |
| LOS (days) | 9.5 ± 9.5 | 9.1 ± 9.3 | 0.460 |
| ICU | |||
| Patients, n(%) | 125(19.7) | 262(16.7) | 0.099 |
| < 16 | 45(8.6) | 91(7.0) | 0.245 |
| 16–24 | 55(69.6) | 114(58.5) | 0.085 |
| ≥ 25 | 25(80.6) | 57(81.4) | 0.926 |
| LOS in ICU (days) | 6.4 ± 6.2 | 6.4 ± 6.3. | 0.791 |
| < 16 | 5.67.1 | 4.8 ± 5.2 | 0.207 |
| 16–24 | 6.6 ± 5.7 | 5.6 ± 4.7 | 0.061 |
| ≥ 25 | 7.3 ± 5.6 | 10.5 ± 8.7 | 0.068 |