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. 2021 May 7;4:78. doi: 10.1038/s41746-021-00445-0

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study subjects.

Characteristic GOSE ≤ 4 GOSE > 4
Total subjects, n 348 483
Female, n 97 (27.87%) 127 (26.29%)
Age, median [Q1, Q3] 45 [29, 59] 31 [22, 45]
Abbreviated injury score [Q1, Q3] 29 [22, 36] 22 [14, 29]
Head injury severity score, median [Q1, Q3] 4 [4, 5] 3 [3, 4]
Cause of injury
Motor vehicle collision, n 99 (28.45%) 204 (42.24%)
Motorcycle/scooter/ATV/bicycle crash, n 82 (23.56%) 126 (26.09%)
Pedestrian struck by moving vehicle, n 66 (18.97%) 42 (8.70%)
Fall, n 63 (18.10%) 70 (14.49%)
Assault, n 24 (6.90%) 22 (4.55%)
Other or unknown, n 14 (4.02%) 19 (3.93%)
Initial Glasgow coma scale
Motor response, median [Q1, Q3] 4 [3, 5] 5 [4, 5]
Eye opening response, median [Q1, Q3] 1 [1, 2] 2 [1, 3]
Verbal response, median [Q1, Q3] 1 [1, 2] 2 [1, 2]
Radiology findings
Subdural hematoma, n 224 (64.37%) 182 (37.68%)
Subdural hematoma (max width), median [Q1, Q3] 17.5 [0.0, 70.0] 0 [0.0, 23.5]
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (#), median [Q1, Q3] 2 [1, 3] 0 [0, 2]
Intra-ventricular hemorrhage, n 114 (32.76%) 75 (15.53%)
Intraparenchymal hematoma (max width), median [Q1, Q3] 0 [0, 0] 0 [0, 0]
Brain contusion (#), median [Q1, Q3] 1 [0, 2] 0 [0, 1]
Brain contusion (max width), median [Q1, Q3] 2.0 [0.0, 38.0] 0.0 [0.0, 13.75]
Diffuse axonal injury finding (#), median [Q1, Q3] 0 [0, 1] 0 [0, 0]
Third ventricle compression, n 125 (35.92%) 53 (10.97%)
Transtentorial herniation, n 97 (27.87%) 34 (7.04%)
Laboratory values
Glucose, median [Q1, Q3] 147.0 [126.0, 174.0] 139.0 [115.0, 167.25]
Hgb, median [Q1, Q3] 13.40 [12.15, 14.60] 14.0 [12.70, 15.0]
Platelets, median [Q1, Q3] 240.0 [201.0, 288.75] 236.0 [199.0, 283.0]
aPTT, median [Q1, Q3] 26.8 [24.0, 29.8] 25.8 [23.5, 28.1]
INR, median [Q1, Q3] 1.1 [1.0, 1.2] 1.1 [1.0, 1.17]