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. 2017 Apr 18;12(4):e0175572. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175572

Table 1. Characteristics of mTBI patients, ≤ 6 h post-trauma.

  CT- CT+ p-value
CT scan, n (%) 140 (81) 32 (19)  
Trauma to blood sample (min)     0.818
Mean (SD) 199 (86) 194 (96)  
Median (min.–max.) 203 (35–360) 208 (40–360)  
Age (years), mean (SD) 46 (20) 61 (25) 0.001
Male, n (%) 101 (72) 23 (72) 0.976
Symtoms, y (%)      
Amnesia 84 (60) 24 (75) 0.113
LOC 113 (81) 27 (84) 0.631
Nausea/vomiting 31 (22) 9 (28) 0.47
Headache 59 (42) 8 (25) 0.073
Impaired equilibrium 2 (1) 0 (0) 1
Mechanism of Injury, n (%)      
Traffic accident 36 (26) 10 (31) 0.523
Fall 52 (37) 10 (31) 0.531
Assault 25 (18) 5 (16) 0.764
Sports 4 (3) 1 (3) 0.648
Others 19 (14) 6 (19) 0.307
NA 4 (3)    
Isolated brain trauma, y (%) 100 (72) 24 (75) 0.727
NA 1 (1)    

Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test

Mann-Whitney U test

NA: not available