Table 1.
Characteristics of injury and pediatric trauma patients who presented with stress-induced hyperglycemia (SIH) and non-diabetic normoglycemia (NDN).
| Variables | SIH (n = 36) |
NDN (n = 1,022) | P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, n (%) | 0.855 | ||
| Male | 24(66.7) | 707(69.2) | |
| Female | 12(33.3) | 315(30.8) | |
| Age, years | 12.6 ± 5.7 | 14.4 ± 4.9 | 0.073 |
| Mechanisms, n (%) | |||
| Driver of motor vehicle | 0(0.0) | 5(0.5) | 1.000 |
| Passenger of motor vehicle | 0(0.0) | 12(1.2) | 1.000 |
| Driver of motorcycle | 12(33.3) | 442(43.2) | 0.304 |
| Passenger of motorcycle | 6(16.7) | 99(9.7) | 0.249 |
| Bicycle | 3(8.3) | 86(8.4) | 1.000 |
| Pedestrian | 4(11.1) | 17(1.7) | 0.004 |
| Fall | 8(22.2) | 232(22.7) | 1.000 |
| Strike by/against object | 3(8.3) | 129(12.6) | 0.610 |
| AIS ≥3, n (%) | |||
| Head/Neck | 17(47.2) | 192(18.8) | <0.001 |
| Face | 1(2.8) | 3(0.3) | 0.129 |
| Thorax | 5(13.9) | 35(3.4) | 0.009 |
| Abdomen | 9(25.0) | 39(3.8) | <0.001 |
| Extremity | 11(30.6) | 228(22.3) | 0.309 |
| External | 2(5.6) | 4(0.4) | <0.001 |
| Isolated AIS ≥3, n (%) | |||
| Head/Neck | 9(25.0) | 164(16.0) | 0.153 |
| Face | 0(0.0) | 2(0.2) | 0.790 |
| Thorax | 1(2.8) | 12(1.2) | 0.391 |
| Abdomen | 2(5.6) | 22(2.2) | 0.178 |
| Extremity | 4(11.1) | 205(20.1) | 0.185 |
| External | 2(5.6) | 4(0.4) | <0.001 |
| ISS, median (IQR) | 17.5(9.0–28.3) | 5.0(4.0–10.0) | <0.001 |
| <16 | 13(36.1) | 849(83.1) | <0.001 |
| 16–24 | 11(30.6) | 126(12.3) | 0.004 |
| ≥25 | 12(33.3) | 47(4.6) | <0.001 |
| LOS (days) | 16.4 ± 15.1 | 7.8 ± 9.0 | 0.002 |
| ICU, n (%) | 20(55.6) | 214(20.9) | <0.001 |
| Mortality, n (%) | 2(5.6) | 6(0.6) | 0.028 |
AIS = Abbreviated Injury Scale; ICU = intensive care unit; IQR = interquartile range; ISS = injury severity score; LOS = length of stay.