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Table 1 Demographic and injury-related data

From: Musculus psoas major morphology - a novel predictor of mortality in elderly polytraumatized patients

Variables

Overall

Stadium 0

Stadium 1

Stadium 2

Stadium 3

p-value

Patients, n

158 (100%)

23 (14.6%)

71 (44.9%)

59 (37.3%)

5 (3.2%)

 

Male, n

100 (63.3%)

18 (78.3%)

53 (74.6%)

27 (45.8%)

2 (40.0%)

0.002**

Female, n

58 (36.7%)

5 (21.7%)

18 (25.4%)

32 (54.2%)

3 (60.0%)

Age (years), median (IQR)

76.0 (70.0-83.6)

71.8 (68.0-80.0)

74.7 (68.0-82.0)

78.0 (72.9-86.0)

84.2 (76.0-86.2)

0.013*

MPM score, mean ± SD

0.53 ± 0.12

0.73 ± 0.07

0.57 ± 0.04

0.43 ± 0.04

0.29 ± 0.03

< 0.001**

Fatalities, n (%)

70 (44.3%)

2 (8.7%)

27 (38.0%)

37 (62.4%)

4 (80.0%)

< 0.001**

Stay at the ICU (days), median (IQR)

4.0 (0-16.0)

12.0 (0-24.0)

4.0 (0-18.0)

3.0 (0-12.0)

13.0 (2.0-23.0)

0.176

Ventilation time (days), median (IQR)

2.0 (0-10.0)

5.0 (0-17.0)

2.0 (0-10.0)

2.0 (0-6.0)

0 (0-11.0)

0.553

ISS, median (IQR)

25.0 (18.0-27.0)

21.0 (17.0-29.0)

25.0 (18.0-27.0)

25.0 (19.0-27.0)

24.0 (22.0-27.0)

0.809

AIS

 AIS head ≥3, n

107 (67.7%)

14 (60.9%)

47 (66.2%)

42 (71.2%)

4 (80.0%)

0.744

 AIS abdomen ≥3, n

20 (12.7%)

4 (17.4%)

9 (12.7%)

6 (10.2%)

1 (20.0%)

0.791

 AIS chest ≥3, n

68 (43.0%)

12 (52.2%)

32 (45.1%)

23 (39.0%)

1 (20%)

0.497

 AIS face ≥3, n

11 (7.0%)

0

7 (9.9%)

4 (6.8%)

0

0.389

 AIS extremities ≥3, n

25 (15.8%)

4 (17.4%)

12 (16.9%)

9 (15.3)

0

0.787

 AIS external ≥3, n

0

0

0

0

0

GCS, median (IQR) (n, valid cases)

6.0 (3.0-15.0) (139)

12.0 (3.0-15.0) (17)

9.5 (3.0-15.0) (64)

3.5 (3.0-12.3) (54)

9.5 (4.5-13.8) (5)

0.091

Mechanism of injury

 Fall < 3 m, n

64 (40.5%)

7 (30.4%)

27 (38.0%)

27 (45.8%)

3 (60.0%)

 

 Fall > 3 m, n

6 (3.8%)

1 (4.3%)

2 (2.8%)

3 (5.1%)

0

 

 Traffic accident, n

69 (43.7%)

14 (60.9%)

30 (42.3%)

24 (40.7%)

1 (20.0%)

 

 Shot/stab, n

4 (2.5%)

0

3 (4.2%)

0

1 (20.0%)

 

 Other/unknown, n

15 (9.5%)

1 (4.3%)

9 (12.7%)

5 (8.5%

0