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Table 5 Differences between males and females: results of the matched-pair analysis

From: Gender-specific differences in severely injured patients between 2002 and 2011: data analysis with matched-pair analysis

 

Male

Female

P value

Patients (n)

211

211

 

Glasgow Coma Scale

9.51 ± 4.85

8.84 ± 4.97

0.056

Revised Trauma Score

5.94 ± 2.11

5.79 ± 2.05

0.24

New Injury Severity Score

34.40 ± 14.61

35.00 ± 15.63

0.065

Trauma and Injury Severity Score

0.69 ± 0.35

0.67 ± 0.34

0.62

Revised Injury Severity Classification

28.34 ± 32.28

29.04 ± 30.06

0.82

blood pressure systolic

129.43 ± 42.27

125.57 ± 35.99

0.063

Heart rate

92.19 ± 26.90

91.46 ± 26.77

0.47

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

12.01 ± 2.78

10.99 ± 2.12

<0.0001*

Platelets gigaparticle per litre (gpt/l)

189.30 ± 69.02

203.68 ± 73.08

0.035*

Partial thromboplastin time (seconds)

31.38 ± 20.86

29.88 ± 16.39

0.67

Prothrombin time (%)

81.44 ± 27.93

84.99 ± 27.04

0.76

ICU stay (days)

14.94 ± 21.44

10.05 ± 13.85

0.019*

Hospital stay (days)

21.86 ± 25.65

16.12 ± 18.83

0.01*

Number of surgeries

2.36 ± 3.64

1.89 ± 2.48

0.84

Time from admission to CCT (minutes)

32.75 ± 14.48

30.69 ± 13.19

0.88

Time from admission to whole-body CT (minutes)

34.99 ± 15.79

32.08 ± 13.82

0.62

Pre-hospital volume (ml)

1,120.81 ± 1,122.66

971.43 ± 802.46

0.64

Trauma room volume (ml)

1,664.49 ± 1,727.81

1,436.55 ± 1,327.86

0.57

Total volume (ml)

2,936.79 ± 2,562.81

2,434.78 ± 1,762.76

0.29

Time in trauma room (minutes)

58.51 ± 27.22

52.61 ± 23.28

0.03*

Preclinical rescue time (minutes)

47.35 ± 23.48

39.89 ± 16.93

0.23

Rate of whole-body CT

59.20

62.86

0.94

Multi-organ failure

33.68

32.82

0.86

Sepsis

20.40

12.38

0.03*

Intubation at accident scene

59.62

60.96

0.73

Resuscitation at accident scene

8.33

3.96

0.067

Thoracic drainage at accident scene

7.35

1.97

0.01*

Intubation in trauma room

41.10

42.13

0.77

Resuscitation in trauma room

3.48

5.15

0.41

Thoracic drainage in trauma room

13.93

12.70

0.72

Mortality rate

28.10

33.01

0.27

  1. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or percentage. AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; CCT, cranial computed tomography; CT, computed tomography; ISS, Injury Severity Score. *Significant difference.