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. 2017 Nov 13;14(11):1380. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14111380

Table 1.

Demographics and injury characteristics of continuous variables in high-risk (OSTA < −4), medium-risk (−1 ≥ OSTA ≥ −4), and low-risk (OSTA > −1) patients.

Variables High Risk Medium Risk Low Risk Levene’s Test p F p Mean Difference Post-Hoc Games-Howell p
−4 > OSTA −1 ≥ OSTA ≥ −4 OSTA > −1
n = 1585 (I) n = 1985 (II) n = 3137 (III)
Age 80.6 ± 6.9 67.9 ± 8.1 55.7 ± 8.7 <0.001 14,518.3 <0.001 Low risk High risk −24.9 <0.001
Medium risk −12.2 <0.001
Weight 48.6 ± 7.1 56.2 ± 7.6 64.3 ± 10.7 <0.001 8452.6 <0.001 Low risk High risk 15.7 <0.001
Medium risk 8.2 <0.001
GCS 14.4 ± 1.9 14.6 ± 1.8 14.6 ± 1.7 <0.001 5.8 0.003 Low risk High risk 0.2 0.004
Medium risk 0.0 0.709
ISS 9.7 ± 5.1 8.8 ± 5.8 8.0 ± 6.5 <0.001 40.3 <0.001 Low risk High risk −1.6 <0.001
Medium risk −0.7 <0.001
LOS 9.6 ± 8.3 8.9 ± 9.1 8.9 ± 9.5 <0.001 3.4 0.032 Low risk High risk −0.7 0.206
Medium risk −0.0 0.990

GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale; ISS = injury severity score; LOS = length of stay; OSTA = Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool for Asians.