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. 2018 Jun 29;34(4):647–658. doi: 10.1007/s12264-018-0250-6

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients with disorders of consciousness (DOCs) and the healthy controls (HCs).

Characteristics DOCs HCs Statistics P-value
Gender (male/female) 15/4 13/6 χ2 = 0.71 0.71a
Age (years) 42.3 ± 13.0 35.6 ± 10.0 t = 1.78 0.08b
Months post-ictus 1.1 ± 0.3
Etiology (HIE/TBI) 9/10
Diagnosis (MCS,VS/UWS) 8,11
CRS-R scores 6.1 ± 2.5

HIE, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; TBI, traumatic brain injury; MCS, minimally conscious state; VS/UWS, vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome; CRS-R, Coma Recovery Scale-Revised.

aχ2-test.

bTwo sample t-test.