Table 1:
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Enrolled and Not Enrolled Burn Survivors in the Burn Model System National Database
| Enrolled (n=708) | Not Enrolled (n=274) | p-value | Total Eligible (n=982) | |
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| Age at time of burn injury, mean years (SD) | 45.8 (16.2) | 48.8 (18.1) | p=0.03 | |
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| Gender, % male (n) | 70.1 (496) | 78.1 (214) | p=0.01 | 72.3 (710) |
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| Race, % (n) | ||||
| Black/African American | 10.5 (72) | 17.5 (43) | p=0.07 | 12.7 (115) |
| Asian | 1.9 (13) | 2.4 (6) | 2.0 (19) | |
| Caucasian | 81.0 (553) | 73.2 (180) | 78.9 (733) | |
| Other | 6.6 (45) | 6.9 (17) | 6.7 (62) | |
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| Ethnicity, % (n) | ||||
| Hispanic/Latino | 17.0 (115) | 21.3 (34) | p=0.20 | 17.8 (149) |
| Not Hispanic/Latino | 83.0 (563) | 78.8 (126) | 82.2 (689) | |
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| Inclusion criteria, % (n) | ||||
| 10%+ TBSA burned, 65+years | 5.0 (35) | 8.0 (22) | p<0.001 | 5.8 (57) |
| 20%+ TBSA burned, 19–64 years | 24.2 (171) | 17.9 (49) | 22.4 (220) | |
| 20%+ TBSA burned, 0–18 years | 2.3 (16) | 1.5 (4) | 2.0 (20) | |
| Electric/high voltage/lightning | 4.1 (29) | 0.4 (1) | 3.1 (30) | |
| Hand/face/feet burn | 64.5 (456) | 72.3 (198) | 66.7 (654) | |
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| BMS Site | ||||
| A | 32.8 (232) | 22.3 (61) | p<0.001 | 29.8 (293) |
| B | 32.6 (231) | 34.3 (94) | 33.1 (325) | |
| C | 1.6 (11) | 0.4 (1) | 1.2 (12) | |
| D | 33.1 (234) | 43.1 (118) | 35.8 (352) | |
“Other” race includes American Indian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, more than 1 race, and other Standard Deviation (SD)
Total Body Surface Area (TBSA)
Non-parametric t-tests (Wilcoxon Mann Whitney) was used for age; chi-squared tests were used for gender and ethnicity; Fisher’s exact tests were used for race, inclusion criteria, and BMS site. P-value<0.05 is considered significant and significant values are bolded in the table.