Table 1.
Characteristics of the AARS, other cervical spine injuries (CSI) and non-CSI controls.
| Characteristic | AARS N = 55 |
Other CSI N = 485 |
P-Value* | Non-CSI Controls N = 1060 |
P-Value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, Mean +/− SD | 7.7 +/− 3.8 | 10.7 +/− 4.6 | <0.01 | 8.9 +/− 4.8 | 0.06 |
| 0 to < 2 y.o. | 2 (4%) | 25 (5%) | 116 (11%) | ||
| 2 to < 8 y.o. | 27 (49%) | 113 (23%) | 318 (30%) | ||
| 8 to < 16 y.o. | 26 (47%) | 347 (72%) | 626 (59%) | ||
| Male | 26 (47%) | 318 (66%) | 0.01 | 634 (60%) | 0.07 |
| Race | 0.51 | 0.01 | |||
| White | 34 (62%) | 298 (61%) | 497 (47%) | ||
| Black | 7 (13%) | 87 (18%) | 280 (26%) | ||
| Other | 6 (11%) | 31 (6%) | 51 (5%) | ||
| Not Documented | 8 (15%) | 69 (14%) | 232 (22%) | ||
| Transported by EMS from the scene | 26 (47%) | 338 (70%) | <0.01 | 777 (73%) | <0.01 |
| Transfer from outside hospital | 36 (65%) | 261 (54%) | 0.12 | 205 (19%) | <0.01 |
| Delay in presentation >= 24 hours | 11 (21%) | 51 (11%) | 0.04 | 14 (1%) | <0.01 |
*
Wilcoxon p-value for age; Fisher’s exact test p-value for all other comparisons; Not Documented values are not included in calculations of percentages or in statistical tests except for race.