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