Table 1.
Demographic and injury information for traumatic brain injury, extracranial injury, and healthy comparison groups
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| Traumatic Brain Injury (n=55) |
Extracranial Injury (n=29) |
Healthy Comparison (n=33) |
Statistic (p) | |
| Demographic Variables | ||||
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| Age M (SD) | 12.9 (2.3) | 12.3 (2.3) | 12.5 (2.7) | F (2, 114) = .604, p = .548 |
| Sex % Male | 67 | 69 | 48 | Χ2(2, N=117) = 3.81 (.149) |
| Race (n) | Χ2(4, N=117) = 8.08 (.089) | |||
| Caucasian | 42 | 22 | 18 | |
| African American | 9 | 7 | 10 | |
| Other/Multiracial | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Ethnicity (n) | ||||
| Hispanic | 27 | 15 | 13 | Χ2(6, N=117) = 8.42 (.209) |
| Maternal education (n) | Χ2(4, N=117) = 12.98 (.011) | |||
| ≤ High School | 24 | 16 | 7 | |
| ≤ College | 17 | 8 | 21 | |
| Graduate Degree | 14 | 5 | 5 | |
| Preinjury Diagnoses (n) | ||||
| ADHD | 8 | 4 | 1 | |
| Anxiety | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Depression | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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| Injury Variables | ||||
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| Cause of Injury (n) | Χ2(2, N=84) = 1.52 (.468) | |||
| Fall from Moving Vehicle | 13 | 4 | ||
| tor Vehicle Crash | 22 | 15 | ||
| Struck by Motor Vehicle | 20 | 10 | ||
| Injury Severity Score (ISS) M (SD) | 17 (11.6) | 9.8 (6.5) | t(82) = 3.17 (.002) | |
| Modified ISS M (SD) | 7.3 (9.3) | 9.4 (6.6) | t(82) = −1.11 (.269) | |
| Treatment Intensity (n) | Χ2(2, N=84) = 18.03 (<.001) | |||
| Released from ED | 12 | 9 | ||
| Admitted to hospital | 12 | 17 | ||
| Admitted to PICU | 31 | 3 | ||
| Length of Stay (days) M (SD) | 7.3 (6.4) | 4.9 (4.2) | t(61) = 1.518 (.134) | |
| Surgery n (%) | 17 | 17 | Χ2(1, N=84) = 6.05 (.014) | |
| Glasgow Coma Score (n) | ||||
| 3–8 | 20 | -- | ||
| 9–12 | 6 | -- | ||
| 13–15 | 29 | -- | ||