Table 1.
Patient demographic characteristics (N = 327)
| Characteristic | Tetraplegia and AIS Grades A–C (n = 71) |
Paraplegia and AIS Grades A–C (n = 118) |
All AIS Grade D (n = 123) |
Not Classified (n = 15) |
P* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | 54 (21–77) | 60 (26–81) | 62 (30–84) | 62 (40–76) | <.01 |
| Sex: male | 69 (97.2) | 110 (93.2) | 117 (95.9) | 14 (93.3) | .61 |
| Ethnicity | .96 | ||||
| White | 42 (59.2) | 75 (63.6) | 71 (57.7) | 9(60) | |
| Non-Latino black | 26 (36.6) | 37 (31.4) | 47 (38.2) | 5 (33.3) | |
| Other | 3 (4.2) | 6 (5.1) | 5 (4.1) | 1 (6.7) | |
| Etiology of injury | <.01 | ||||
| Motor vehicle collision | 28 (39.4) | 49 (41.5) | 31 (25.2) | 1 (6.7) | |
| Fall | 17 (23.9) | 16 (13.6) | 27 (22.0) | 1 (6.7) | |
| Other | 26 (36.3) | 53 (44.9) | 65 (52.8) | 13 (86.7) | |
| Community dweller | 63 (88.7) | 116 (98.3) | 120 (97.6) | 15 (100) | <.01 |
| Bladder management | <.01 | ||||
| Spontaneous void | 6 (8.5) | 6 (5.1) | 61 (49.6) | 12 (80.0) | |
| Indwelling catheter | 29 (40.8) | 20 (16.9) | 7 (5.7) | 1 (6.7) | |
| Intermittent catheter | 22 (31.0) | 72 (61.0) | 44 (35.8) | 2 (13.3) | |
| Other | 14 (19.7) | 20 (16.9) | 11 (8.9) | 0(0) |
NOTE. Values are median (interquartile range) or n (%).
*
The P value refers to a χ2 comparison of the 4 categories of SCI classification, such that a significant P value means that at least 1 category differed significantly from the others.