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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Neurol Res. 2013 Apr;35(3):233–242. doi: 10.1179/1743132813Y.0000000166

Table 1.

Table of patient demographics upon admission to the hospital and discharge after treatment of chronic subdural hematoma

Characteristics Burr Holes SEPS P
Number of Patients 44 29 N/A
Age ± Standard Deviation 78.4±8.4 76.6±11.03 .43
Male 44 (100%) 44 (100%) 1.00
Hypertension 31 (70%) 23 (79%) .40
Diabetes 14 (32%) 6 (21%) .30
Anticoagulants 13 (30%) 8 (28%) .86
Intubated for Airway Protection 3 (7%) 0 (0%) .15
Admission Hemiparesis 26 (59%) 12 (41%) .14
Discharge Hemiparesis 7 (16%) 3 (10%) .50
Admission Dysphasia 13 (30%) 10 (34%) .66
Discharge Dysphasia 6 (14%) 1 (3%) .15
Admission Ataxia 19 (43%) 12 (41%) .88
Discharge Ataxia 11 (25%) 8 (28%) .81

The Student’s independent two sample t-test was used to calculate the probability value for age, and the χ2 test was used to compare the patient counts for the other variables. There were no significant differences between the treatment groups.