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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Feb;80(2):308–312. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000903

Table 2. Baseline Characteristics of the Study Participants using Berlin criteria.

Characteristic Developed ARDS (N=52) Did not develop ARDS (N=148) p-value

Transfusion threshold <10 g/dL, n (%) 28 (53.8) 73 (49.3) 0.63

Age (yr), median (IQR) 29.0 (19.5) 30.0 (23.0) 0.87

Male sex, n (%) 50 (96.2) 124 (83.8) 0.03

Race, n (%)
 Black 8 (15.4) 35 (23.6) 0.44
 White 16 (30.8) 32 (21.6)
 Hispanic 27 (51.9) 76 (51.4)
 Asian 1 (1.9) 5 (3.4)

ER sum GCS
 >8 7 (13.5) 38 (25.7) 0.04
 6-8 21 (40.4) 68 (45.9)
 3-5 24 (46.2) 42 (28.4)

ER sum GCS, median (IQR) 6.0 (5.0) 7.0 (4.0) 0.02

Marshall Classification on CT
 mild diffuse injury 23 (44.2) 66 (44.6) 0.22
 severe diffuse injury 16 (30.8) 30 (20.3)
 mass lesion 13 (25.0) 52 (35.1)

APACHE II, median (IQR) 24.0 (11.0) 19.0 (7.0) <0.003

Abbreviated Injury Severity Score, median (IQR) 32.0 (14.5) 28.0 (10.0) 0.01

Intracranial Pressure (n=197), n (%) 14.0 (12.0) 14.0 (12.0) 0.84
Mechanism of Injury, n (%)
 Assault 7 (13.5) 15 (10.1) 0.93
 Fall/Jump 7 (13.5) 20 (13.5)
 Motor Vehicle 28 (53.8) 88 (59.5)
 Motorcycle 9 (17.3) 22 (14.9)
 Other 1 (1.9) 3 (2.0)

Surgery on admission, n (%) 13 (25.0) 48 (32.4) 0.38

Pre-hospital hypotension, n (%) 7 (13.5) 18 (12.2) 0.81

Pre-hospital hypoxia 16 (30.8) 23 (15.5) 0.02

Time (days) from injury to ALI, median (IQR) 3.0 (3.0)