Acute and delayed mild coagulopathy are related to outcome in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury

Table 3 Presentation of odds ratios for patients who died or survived after isolated TBI

	Died	Survived	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Valid cases (n)	34	68
Early coagulopathy
No coagulopathy	20 (59%)	57 (84%)
Coagulopathy	14 (41%)	11 (16%)	3.75 (1.07 to 13.51)	0.04*
Age (years)	59 ± 17	42 ± 19	1.07 (1.03 to 1.11)	0.001*
GCS category [n]				0.04*
<9	31 (91%)	35 (51%)	7.11 (0.60 to 84.53)	0.12
9 to 13	2 (6%)	16 (24%)	2.28 (0.14 to 37.72)	0.56
>13	1 (3%)	17 (25%)
Pupillary reflex (n)
Normal pupillary reflex	11 (35%)	55 (81%)
Disturbed pupillary reflex	23 (65%)	13 (19%)	4.78 (1.35 to 17.00)	0.02*
Nagelkerke R² = 0.61

Values are represented as number of patients or mean ± SD. In case of patient numbers, percentages were calculated for both groups (died versus survived). *P < 0.05.

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