Variables | sTBI (n = 68) | Non-TBI (n = 22) | Control (n = 10) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age category [n (%)] | Â | Â | Â | 0.06 |
  < 21 years | 0 (0.00) | 1 (4.2) | 1 (10) |  |
 21–30 years | 21 (31.3) | 10 (41.7) | 1 (10) |  |
 31–40 years | 14 (20.3) | 5 (22.7) | 6 (60) |  |
 41–50 years | 16 (23.4) | 4 (16.7) | 1 (10) |  |
 51–60 years | 17 (25.1) | 2 (9.1) | 1 (10) |  |
Sex (male:female) | 55:13 | 10:1 | 9:1 | Â |
Initial GCS: 3–8 | 68 (100) | – | 10(100) |  < 0.001 |
 9–15 | 0 (0.0) | 22 (100) | – |  |
Survival time (hours) [median (min.-max.)] | 40.5 (0–1121.5) | 1.34 (0–550.1) | 0 (0.0–0.0) |  < 0.001 |
Causative instrument of head trauma [n (%)] |  |  |  |  < 0.001 |
 Motor vehicular accident | 51 (75.0) | 12 (54.5) | – |  |
 Fall | 14 (20.5) | 3 (13.6) | – |  |
 Assault/homicide | 1 (1.5) | 6 (27.4) | – |  |
 Suicide | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100) |  |
 Human-animal encounter | 2 (3.0) | 1 (4.5) | – |  |
Circumstances of head trauma [n (%)] | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Front impact crash | 6 (11.7) | 1 (8.3) | 0 | 0.67 |
 Rear impact crash | 14 (27.5) | 4 (33.4) | 0 |  |
 Side impact crash | 12 (23.5) | 5 (41.7) | 0 |  |
 Skid | 8 (15.7) | 1 (8.3) | 0 |  |
 Hit fixed object | 4 (7.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 |  |
 Unknown | 7 (13.7) | 1 (8.3) | 0 |  |