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. 2021 Nov 19;16:57. doi: 10.1186/s13017-021-00401-z

Table 4.

Severity markers of hospitalized patients involved with road traffic collision during the periods of March 2019-February 2021 in those who survived (n = 1210) and those who died (n = 39), Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Variable Alive n = 1210 Dead n = 39 p value
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 130.9 (20.1) 85.26 (63.5) 0.003
Respiratory rate/minute 20 (3.6) 14.1 (12.6) 0.02
Pulse (beat per minute) 94.28 (19.1) 78.17 (65.8) 0.99
GCS 15 (3–15) 3 (3–14)  < 0.0001
ISS 5 (1–45) 25 (9–75)  < 0.0001
ICU admission 159 (13.1) 10 (25.6) 0.03
ICU stay (days) 1.16 (4.6) 2.54 (5.4) 0.02

GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ISS Injury Severity Score, ICU Intensive Care Unit

Data are presented as mean (SD) for continuous data, median (range) for ordinal data and number (%) for categorical data

p value = Mann–Whitney U test or Fisher’s Exact test as appropriate