Clinical Study
Is Blood Alcohol Level a Good Predictor for Injury Severity Outcomes in Motor Vehicle Crash Victims?
Table 1
Characteristics of patients and MVC.
| | | No ETOH Group [%] () | Low ETOH Group [%] () | High ETOH Group [%] () | Total [%] () | value* |
| Age in years | <18 | 10.1 | 13.2 | 7.3 | 9.7 | <0.001 | 19–45 | 47.9 | 59.3 | 70.7 | 55.2 | 46–64 | 22.9 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 21.4 | 65+ | 19.1 | 8.8 | 3.0 | 13.7 | Gender | Male | 63.3 | 76.9 | 82.8 | 70.0 | <0.001 | Female | 36.7 | 23.1 | 17.2 | 30.0 | Season | Summer | 50.0 | 53.9 | 52.2 | 51.0 | NSS | Winter | 50.0 | 46.2 | 47.8 | 49.0 | Time | Night time | 41.2 | 68.3 | 78.8 | 53.9 | <0.001 | Day time | 58.9 | 31.8 | 21.2 | 46.1 | Day | Weekend | 30.3 | 37.7 | 46.9 | 35.5 | <0.001 | Weekday | 69.7 | 62.3 | 53.1 | 64.5 | Location of MVA | Street or highway | 95.6 | 95.7 | 98.5 | 96.4 | 0.007 | Home, place for recreation and sport, public building, or other | 4.4 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 3.6 | MVA type | Multiple crash | 43.1 | 31.5 | 23.2 | 36.6 | <0.001 | Single crash | 56.9 | 68.5 | 76.8 | 63.5 | Injured person | Driver | 53.1 | 56.1 | 53.6 | 53.6 | 0.002 | Passenger | 23.3 | 27.9 | 19.1 | 22.8 | Pedestrian | 23.6 | 16.0 | 27.4 | 23.7 | | Seatbelt | Not used | 27.7 | 44.4 | 48.3 | 35.3 | <0.001 | Used | 58.0 | 38.5 | 29.8 | 47.9 | Unknown | 14.4 | 17.1 | 22.0 | 16.8 |
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*Comparing the high ETOH group with the low/no ETOH groups. NSS: not statistically significant.
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