Endostatin/Collagen XVIII Is Increased in Cerebrospinal Fluid after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the controls and patients with severe traumatic brain injury.

Characteristic	Severe TBI; (𝑛=30)	Noninjury control; (𝑛=20)	P value
Age (yrs)*	51.1±6.6	52.1±8.8	0.6483
Gender (male/female)^†	20/10	13/7	1.0
GCS on admission	6.3±1.5	NA	NA
Mechanism of injury		NA	NA
MVA	22 (73.3)
Fall	6 (20)
Heavy strikes/assault	2 (6.7)
Types of lesions		NA	NA
Contusions/lacerations	10 (33.3)
ICHs	15 (50)
BSI/DAI	5 (16.7)

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or n (%).
TBI: traumatic brain injury; NA: not applicable; MVA: motor vehicle accident; GCS: Glasgow Coma Score; ICHs: Intracranial hematomas; BSI: brain stem injury; DAI: diffuse axonal injury.
∗t-test.
†Fisher's exact test.