Table 4.
Association between the different variables and thoracoabdominal injuries associated with motor vehicle accident-related traumatic spinal injuries (n = 87).
| Variables | Thoracic injury (n = 58) | Abdominal injury (n = 22) | Both (n = 7) | Total (n = 87) | P value† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Age | |||||||||
| <20 years | 7 | 43.8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 6.3 | 16 | 18.4 | 0.065 |
| 20–40 years | 33 | 66.0 | 12 | 24.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 50 | 57.5 | |
| >40 years | 18 | 85.7 | 2 | 9.5 | 1 | 4.8 | 21 | 24.1 | |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Males | 51 | 68.9 | 18 | 24.3 | 5 | 6.8 | 74 | 85.1 | 0.492 |
| Females | 7 | 53.8 | 4 | 30.8 | 2 | 15.4 | 13 | 14.9 | |
| Day of admission | |||||||||
| Weekday | 34 | 58.6 | 17 | 29.3 | 7 | 12.1 | 58 | 66.7 | 0.014∗ |
| Weekend | 24 | 82.8 | 5 | 17.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 33.3 | |
| Hospital stay | |||||||||
| <10 days | 16 | 27.6 | 10 | 45.5 | 2 | 28.6 | 28 | 32.2 | 0.488 |
| 10–20 days | 21 | 36.2 | 4 | 18.2 | 2 | 28.6 | 27 | 31.0 | |
| >20 days | 21 | 36.2 | 8 | 36.4 | 3 | 42.9 | 32 | 36.8 | |
| Discharge category | |||||||||
| Expired | 8 | 13.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 9.2 | 0.041∗ |
| Home | 49 | 84.5 | 22 | 0.0 | 6 | 85.7 | 77 | 88.5 | |
| Transferred | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 2 | 2.3 | |
| Admission to intensive care unit | |||||||||
| No | 49 | 64.5 | 20 | 26.3 | 7 | 9.2 | 76 | 87.4 | 0.580 |
| Yes | 9 | 81.8 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 12.6 | |
| Traumatic spinal cord injury | |||||||||
| No | 52 | 66.7 | 19 | 24.4 | 7 | 9.0 | 78 | 89.7 | 0.802 |
| Yes: | 6 | 66.7 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 10.3 | |
†Based on the likelihood-ratio chi-square statistic. ∗P < 0.05 is significant.