Table 2.
Pattern of head injuries and its outcomes by gender (n = 1235).
| Variable | Male n (%) |
Female n (%) |
Total n (%) |
OR [CI 95%] | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head injury | |||||
| Multiple lesions | 360 (32.3) | 37 (30.6) | 397 (32.1) | --------- | 0.029 |
| Concussion | 94 (8.4) | 14 (11.6) | 108 (8.7) | ||
| Contusion | 146 (13.1) | 14 (11.6) | 160 (12.9) | ||
| SDH * Standard residual |
116 (10.4) | 2 (1.7) * −2.8 |
118 (9.6) | ||
| EDH | 98 (8.8) | 10 (8.3) | 108 (8.7) | ||
| SAH | 36 (3.2) | 5 (4.1) | 41 (3.3) | ||
| Skull fracture | 118 (10.6) | 20 (16.5) | 138 (11.2) | ||
| Superficial injury | 36 (3.2) | 6 (5) | 42 (3.4) | ||
| Unspecified injury | 75 (6.7) | 12 (9.9) | 87 (7.0) | ||
| Other (DAI, IVH, ICH) | 35 (3.1) | 1 (0.8) | 36 (2.9) | ||
| Associated injury | |||||
| No | 534 (47.9) | 51 (42.1) | 585 (47.4) | 0.79 [0.541,1.157] | 0.226 |
| Yes | 580 (52.1) | 70 (57.9) | 650 (52.6) | ||
| ICU admission | |||||
| No | 902 (81) | 100 (82.6) | 1002 (81.1) | 1.11 [0.683,1.834] | 0.651 |
| Yes | 212 (19) | 21 (17.4) | 233 (18.9) | ||
| LOS | ------ | 0.483 | |||
| Less than 1 week | 433 (38.9) | 44 (36.4) | 477 (38.6) | ||
| 1–2 weeks | 281 (25.2) | 36 (29.8) | 317 (25.7) | ||
| 15–30 days | 188 (16.9) | 19 (15.7) | 207 (16.8) | ||
| 30–180 days | 191 (17.1) | 22 (18.2) | 213 (17.2) | ||
| >180 days | 21 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 21 (1.7) | ||
| Outcome | ------ | 0.674 | |||
| Discharge to home | 910 (81.7) | 95 (78.5) | 1005 (81.4) | ||
| Transfer | 43 (3.9) | 6 (5.0) | 49 (4.0) | ||
| Death | 161 (14.5) | 20 (16.5) | 181 (14.7) | ||
*: Denotes that significant difference exist. EDH: epidural hematoma. SDH: subdural hematoma. SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage. ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage. DAI: diffuse axonal injury. IVH: intraventricular haemorrhage. ICU: intensive care unit. LOS: length of stay.