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Table 2 Patient and trauma characteristics of patients with major vs. no or mild TBI

From: Prospective evaluation of the Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) score: minor differences in patients with major versus no or mild traumatic brain injury at one-year follow up

 

No or mild (AIS head 0–2) (n = 92)

Major TBI (AIS head 3–5) (n = 107)

Comparison

 

n

Mean + SD

n

Mean + SD

p

Years since injury

92

1.08 ± 0.17

107

1.06 ± 0.16

0.481

Age at time of injury (years)

92

52.91 ± 18.02

107

56.61 ± 18.80

0.160

GCS initial

92

14.12 ± 2.17

106

11.42 ± 4.42

< 0.001

GCS worst (within 24 h hours)

92

13.84 ± 2.62

106

10.50 ± 5.04

< 0.001

ISS

92

21.47 ± 7.08

107

22.47 ± 5.50

0.264

NISS

92

24.46 ± 9.21

107

29.67 ± 7.98

< 0.001

RISC (%)

92

5.81 ± 8.64

107

14.58 ± 15.31

< 0.001

SAPS II mort

62

26.84 ± 10.46

70

30.00 ± 11.23

0.098

AIS 1 head & neck

92

1.03 ± 1.09

107

3.83 ± 0.69

< 0.001

AIS 2 face

92

0.24 ± 0.70

107

0.83 ± 1.08

< 0.001

AIS 3 chest

92

2.52 ± 1.39

107

1.13 ± 1.44

< 0.001

AIS 4 abdomen

92

1.55 ± 1.57

107

0.21 ± 0.70

< 0.001

AIS 5 extremities

92

2.02 ± 1.34

107

0.85 ± 1.16

< 0.001

AIS 6 external lesions

92

0.43 ± 0.67

107

0.34 ± 0.49

0.235

AIS head

92

0.85 ± 0.94

107

3.83 ± 0.69

< 0.001

GOS (hospital discharge)

92

4.78 ± 0.47

104

4.61 ± 0.60

0.023

 

n

n (%)

n

n (%)

p

Gender, female

92

27 (29.3%)

107

30 (28%)

0.839

Multiple trauma

92

85 (92.4%)

107

83 (77.6%)

0.004

Trauma energy high

92

65 (70.7%)

107

48 (44.9%)

< 0.001

Lowest GCS 3–8

92

5 (5.4%)

106

33 (31.3%)

< 0.001

Lowest GCS 9–12

 

7 (7.6%)

 

13 (12.3%)

 

Lowest GCS 13–15

 

80 (87.0%)

 

60 (56.6%)

 
  1. No or mild TBI: no or mild traumatic brain injury (AIS head ≤ 2); major TBI major traumatic brain injury (AIS head > 2); GCS Glasgow Coma Scale; ISS Injury Severity Score; NISS New Injury Severity Score; RISC Revised Injury Severity Classification; SAPS II mort expected simplified acute physiology score II mortality; AIS (AIS 1: head & neck; etc.): Abbreviated Injury Scale; GOS Glasgow Outcome Scale at the time of hospital discharge