Table 2.

Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristic of sober and intoxicated patients.

	Intoxicated (n = 196) n(% [95%CI])	Sober (n = 285) n(% [95%CI])	p value
Age (median, IQR)	53 (IQR 43–63)	69 (IQR 50–81)	<0.001
Gender
Male	128 (65.3% [58.6–72.0%])	128 (44.9% [39.1–50.7%])	<0.001
Female	68 (34.7% [28.0–41.4%])	157 (55.1% [49.3–60.9%])
Injury pattern (number of patients with injuries to each body region)
Head and face	84 (42.9% [35.9–49.8%])	87 (30.5% [25.2–35.9%])	0.006
Chest	40 (20.4% [14.8–26.1%])	80 (28.1% [22.9–33.3%])	0.056
Abdomen and pelvis	6 (3.1% [0.6–5.5%])	22 (7.7% [4.6–10.8%])	0.032
Spine	38 (19.4% [13.9–24.9%])	69 (24.2% [19.2–29.2%])	0.211
Limb	31 (15.8% [10.7–20.9%])	65 (22.8% [17.9–27.7%])	0.059
Polytrauma	30 (15.3% [11–19.6%])	48 (16.8% [12.4–21.3%])	0.653
Injury severity (AIS; median and IQR)
Head and face	4 (IQR 3–5)	4 (IQR 2–5)	0.234
Chest	3 (IQR 2–4)	3 (IQR 3–4)	0.826
Abdomen and pelvis	2 (IQR 1.75–3)	2 (IQR 2–2)	0.892
Spine	2 (IQR 2–2.25)	2 (IQR 2–3)	0.231
Limbs	2 (IQR 2–2)	2 (IQR 2–2)	0.757
Injury Severity Score	16 (IQR 8–25)	13 (IQR 8–24.5)	0.533

AIS: Abbreviated Injury Score; CI: confidence interval; IQR: interquartile range.