19 August 2023 : Clinical Research
Concurrent Spinal Trauma in Patients with Traumatic Head Injury: A Seven-Year Retrospective Analysis
Wenye He
1ABCF, Jun Pan 1CDEF*
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939215
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939215
Table 1 Demographical and clinical parameters of the enrolled patients at the time of admission in the Emergency Department.
| Parameters | Total | Cohorts | Comparisons | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signs and symptoms appeared in the follow-up period | Patients with head injuries | Patients with spinal injuries | Patients without spinal injuries | ||||
| Numbers of patients | 1501 | 179 | 1322 | P value | 95% confidence interval** | Df | |
| Gender | Male | 639 (43) | 105 (59)* | 534 (40) | <0.0001 (Fisher exact test) | 1.448 to 2.531 | N/A |
| Female | 862 (57) | 74 (41) | 788 (60) | ||||
| Age (years) | ≥65 | 25 (2) | 23 (13) | 2 (1) | <0.0001 (Fisher exact test) | 7.212 to 10.507 | N/A |
| <65 | 1476 (98) | 156 (87) | 1320 (99) | ||||
| Median (Q3–Q1) | 48 (53–33) | 67 (69–65) | 46 (52–31) | <0.0001 (Mann-Whitney test) | N/A | N/A | |
| Ethnicity | Han Chinese | 1373 (91) | 163 (91) | 1210 (91.5) | 0.9397 (χ test) | N/A | 3 |
| Tibetan | 12 (1) | 2 (1) | 10 (0.8) | ||||
| Mongolian | 115 (7.9) | 14 (8) | 101 (7.7) | ||||
| Uyghur Muslim | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | ||||
| Location | Rural | 717 (48) | 81 (45) | 636 (48) | 0.2088 (χ test) | N/A | 2 |
| Urban | 546 (36) | 75 (42) | 471 (36) | ||||
| Suburban | 238 (16) | 23 (13) | 215 (16) | ||||
| No | 1271 (85) | 124 (69) | 1,147 (87) | ||||
| Consciousness | Yes | 1348 (90) | 134 (75) | 1214 (92) | <0.0001 (Fisher exact test) | 0.2520 to 0.4533 | N/A |
| No | 153 (10) | 45 (25) | 108 (8) | ||||
| Variables are depicted as frequency (percentages) or median (Q3–Q1). * Higher than those of patients without spinal injuries. All results were considered significant if the value was less than 0.05. ** Using the approximation of Katz. N/A – not applicable; Df – degree of freedom. | |||||||