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. 2017 Aug 1;20(3):169–174. doi: 10.1177/1460408617720948

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.