Research Article
A Nationwide Population-Based Study of Corrosive Ingestion in Taiwan: Incidence, Gender Differences, and Mortality
Table 3
Compare gender difference between male and female of corrosive injuries patients.
| | Variables | Male (%) | Female (%) | value |
| | Age | | | | | 0–18 | 699 (10.0) | 544 (6.1) | <0.001 | | 19–39 | 2739 (39.1) | 3179 (35.4) | | | 40–64 | 2490 (35.5) | 2986 (33.2) | | | Above 65 | 1082 (15.4) | 2282 (25.4) | | | Suicide | | | | | Yes | 2246 (32.0) | 3888 (43.2) | <0.001 | | No | 4764 (68.0) | 5103 (56.8) | | | In-hospital mortality | | | | | Yes | 304 (4.3) | 450 (5.0) | 0.052 | | No | 6706 (95.7) | 8541 (95.0) | | | Length of stay | 9.40 ± 11.60 | 8.97 ± 11.12 | 0.017 | | Comorbidities | | | | | Psychiatric disorder | | | | | Yes | 1400 (20.0) | 2287 (25.4) | <0.001 | | No | 5610 (80.0) | 6704 (74.6) | | | Depressive disorders | | | | | Yes | 628 (9.0) | 1370 (15.2) | <0.001 | | No | 6382 (91.0) | 7621 (84.8) | | | Generalized anxiety disorder | | | | | Yes | 75 (1.1) | 159 (1.8) | <0.001 | | No | 6935 (98.9) | 8832 (98.2) | | | Depression and anxiety | | | | | Yes | 17 (0.2) | 29 (0.3) | 0.430 | | No | 6993 (99.8) | 8962 (99.7) | | | Other psychiatric disorders | | | | | Yes | 714 (10.2) | 787 (8.8) | 0.002 | | No | 6296 (89.8) | 8204 (91.2) | | | Systemic complications | | | | | Yes | 579 (8.3) | 879 (9.8) | 0.001 | | No | 6431 (91.7) | 8112 (90.2) | | | GI complications | | | | | Yes | 242 (3.5) | 346 (3.8) | 0.201 | | No | 6768 (96.5) | 8645 (96.2) | |
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Mean ± standard deviation (SD).
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