Table 1.
Patient characteristics and background factors by gender (n = 383)
| Gender | Male | Female | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | * sign. | |
| Patients | 279 (72.8) | 104 (27.2) | < 0.001* |
| Age groups | 0.050 | ||
| 15–39 years | 116 (41.6) | 37 (35.6) | |
| 40–64 years | 96 (34.4) | 29 (27.9) | |
| ≥ 65 years | 67 (24.0) | 38 (36.5) | |
| Injury Severity Score (ISS), | 0.935 | ||
| ISS, 15–29 | 209 (74.9) | 76 (73.1) | |
| ISS, 30–44 | 50 (17.9) | 20 (19.2) | |
| ISS ≥ 45 | 20 (7.2) | 8 (7.7) | |
| Predominant type of injury | 0.225 | ||
| Blunt | 252 (90.3) | 98 (94.2) | |
| Penetrating | 27 (9.7) | 6 (5.8) | |
| Injury mechanism | 0.019* | ||
| Traffic | 113 (40.6) | 39 (37.5) | |
| Low-energy fall | 43 (15.5) | 28 (26.9) | |
| High-energy fall | 68 (24.5) | 27 (26) | |
| Other | 55 (19.7) | 10 (9.6) | |
| Intentional injury | 0.041* | ||
| Accident | 229 (82.7) | 87 (84.5) | |
| Self-inflicted | 13 (4.7) | 10 (9.7) | |
| Assault | 35 (12.6) | 6 (5.8) | |
| Missing | 2 | 1 | |
| Predominant Anatomical Injury | 0.065 | ||
| Isolated head | 54 (19.6) | 23 (22.3) | |
| Head | 74 (26.8) | 32 (31.1) | |
| Chest | 69 (25.0) | 20 (19.4) | |
| Abdomen | 35 (12.7) | 8 (7.8) | |
| Pelvis | 10 (3.6) | 12 (11.7) | |
| Spine and Spinal cord | 22 (8.0) | 5 (5.9) | |
| Amputated limb or severe injured extremity | 6 (2.2) | 1 (1.0) | |
| ≥ 2 long bone fractures | 6 (2.2) | 2 (1.9) | |
| Missing | 3 | 1 | |
| Systolic blood pressure, RTS category | 0.820 | ||
| Systolic blood pressure, RTS 4 | 226 (85.0) | 84 (84.0) | |
| Systolic blood pressure, RTS 0–3 | 40 (15.0) | 16 (16.0) | |
| Missing | 13 | 4 | |
| Respiratory rate, RTS category, | 0.951 | ||
| Respiratory rate, RTS 4 | 226 (85.6) | 85 (82.5) | |
| Respiratory rate, RTS 0–3 | 38 (14.4) | 14 (14.1) | |
| Missing | 15 | 5 | |
| Glasgow Coma Scale, RTS category | 0.200 | ||
| Glasgow Coma Scale, RTS 3–4 | 207 (76.4) | 85 (82.5) | |
| Glasgow Coma Scale, RTS 0–2 | 64 (23.6) | 18 (17.5) | |
| Prehospital cardiac arrest | 12 (4.3) | 3 (2.9) | 0.538 |
* is a marker for a significant finding and the p level was set to <0,05