Table 2.
Comparison of the injury characteristics in male and female patients.
| Variables | Female n = 437 |
Male n = 910 |
OR (95% CI) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 61.9 ± 18.1 | 54.1 ± 19.4 | — | <0.001 |
| De Ritis ratio (1st) | 1.7 ± 0.7 | 1.7 ± 0.8 | — | 0.385 |
| AST, (U/L) | 94.2 ± 194.9 | 96.3 ± 213.6 | — | 0.868 |
| ALT, (U/L) | 60.2 ± 97.4 | 60.6 ± 94.3 | — | 0.944 |
| De Ritis ratio (2nd) | 1.7 ± 1.7 | 1.8 ± 4.3 | — | 0.660 |
| AST, (U/L) | 66.7 ± 203.5 | 66.3 ± 139.4 | — | 0.969 |
| ALT, (U/L) | 78.6 ± 396.5 | 56.3 ± 208.3 | — | 0.178 |
| ΔDDR | −0.03 ± 1.74 | 0.10 ± 4.32 | — | 0.539 |
| GCS, median (IQR) | 14 (8–15) | 12 (7–15) | — | 0.001 |
| 3–8 | 119 (27.2) | 333 (36.6) | 0.65 (0.51–0.83) | 0.001 |
| 9–12 | 70 (16.0) | 152 (16.7) | 0.95 (0.70–1.30) | 0.751 |
| 13–15 | 248 (56.8) | 425 (46.7) | 1.50 (1.19–1.88) | 0.001 |
| ISS, median (IQR) | 20 (16–25) | 22 (16–27) | — | 0.004 |
| 1–15 | 50 (11.4) | 66 (7.3) | 1.65 (1.12–2.43) | 0.010 |
| 16–24 | 226 (51.7) | 440 (48.4) | 1.14 (0.91–1.44) | 0.248 |
| ≥25 | 161 (36.8) | 404 (44.4) | 0.73 (0.58–0.92) | 0.009 |
| Mortality, n (%) | 46 (10.5) | 88 (9.7) | 1.10 (0.75–1.60) | 0.623 |
ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CI, confidence interval; CVA, cerebral vascular accident; ΔDDR, delta De Ritis ratio (i.e., 2nd De Ritis ratio minus 1st De Ritis ratio); GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; IQR, interquartile range; ISS, injury severity score; OR, odds ratio.