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. 2019 May 28;14(5):e0216809. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216809

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients alive and deceased 30 days after injury.

All patients
(N = 153)
Patients deceased within 30 days after injury
(N = 31)
Patients alive after 30 days
(N = 122)
P-value*
Age at time of injury median (IQR) 79 (71–84) 79 (79–84) 80 (71–84) 0.57
Male 45 (29) 13 (42) 32 (26) 0.12
Low-energy trauma 97(63) 4 (13) 93 (76) <0.001
High-energy trauma 56 (37) 27 (87) 29 (24) <0.001
 Fall from height 7 (13) 1 (3) 6 (5) -
 Crush injury 1 (2) - 1 (1) -
 One-sided motor vehicle/ motorcycle injury 4 (7) 2 (7) 2 (1) -
 Pedestrian/cyclist vs. motor vehicle/motorcycle 27 (48) 15 (48) 12 (10) -
 Motor vehicle/motorcycle vs. motor vehicle/motorcycle 16 (29) 8 (26) 8 (7) -
 Shot injuries 1 (2) 1 (3) - -
Fracture classification 0.001
 Type A 101 (66) 12 (39) 89 (73) -
 Type B 42 (28) 11 (36) 31 (25) -
 Type C 6 (4) 6 (19) - -
 No Classification** 4 (2) 2 (6) 2 (2) -
Complications <30 days 35 (23) 2 (7) 23 (19) 0.02
 Delirium 12 (34) 1 (3) 11 (9) -
 Pneumonia 8 (24) 1 (3) 7 (6) -
 Urinary infection 6 (17) - 6 (5) -
 Urinary system 3 (9) - 3 (2) -
 Wound infection 1 (3) - 1 (1) -
 Infection (other) 2 (5) 1 (3) 1 (1) -
 Lung embolism/DVT 2 (5) - 2 (1) -
 Bleeding 1 (3) - 1 (1) -
 Nerve injury - - - -
 Unknown (e.g. patient was transferred to another hospital/institution) 6 (4) - 6 (5) -
Highest AIS pelvis median (IQR) 2 (2–3) 3 (3–3) 2 (2–2) <0.001
ISS median (IQR) 9 (4–25) 34 (34–45) 5 (5–13) <0.001
ISS >15 55 (36) 29 (93) 26 (21) <0.001
CCI median (IQR) 5 (4–6) 5 (5–6) 5 (5–7) 0.41

Numbers are expressed in N with the percentage in parentheses unless otherwise specified

* Statistically significant results are in bold

** Classification could not be performed due to lack of imaging