Outcome in Women with Traumatic Brain Injury Admitted to a Level 1 Trauma Center

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for demographic and accident variables by gender.

Variables	Women	Men	Test (𝑃 value)
Age; (missing: 0.1%)
Mean (SD); Median (interquartile range)	57.2 (23.6); 59.5 (35.3–79.0)	49.2 (21.2); 47.9 (30.0–66.6)	𝑡3000df=12.110; (𝑃<0.001)
Education; (missing: 72.2%)
Elementary	11.6%	12.1%	𝜒^23df=13.623; (𝑃=0.003)
High school	41.7%	50.7%
College	16.1%	13.7%
University	30.6%	23.5%
Etiology; (missing: 0.0%)
Fall	55.7%	49.8%	𝜒^23df=216.797; (𝑃<0.001)
MVC	39.3%	30.3%
Work accident	0.9%	6.6%
Assault	4.0%	13.3%
TBI severity; (missing: 1.5%)
Mild	73.9%	68.9%	𝜒^22df=17.129; (𝑃<0.001)
Moderate	9.6%	10.1%
Severe	16.5%	21.0%
Injury severity scale (ISS); (missing: 5.6%)
Mean (SD); Median (interquartile range)	22.9 (10.3); 24 (16–27)	23.9 (10.4); 25 (17–29)	𝑡5324df=3.338; (𝑃=0.001)
Complexity (2004–2011); (missing: 36.1%)
Mean (SD); Median (interquartile range)	1.45±0.94; 1 (1-2)	1.49±1.00; 1 (1-2)	𝑧=0.672; (𝑃=0.502)