Research Article

Polytrauma in Older Adults Leads to Significantly Increased TIMP-1 Levels in the Early Posttraumatic Period

Table 1

Statistical analysis of patients’ characteristics (Mann-Whitney -test, chi square; ).

Patient characteristicsTotal years years value

Patients ()6049 (82%)11 (18%)
Age ()
Gender (male/female)42 (70%)/1835 (71%)/147 (64%)/40.610
ISS ()0.604
NISS ()0.830
()30 (50%)23 (47%)7 (64%)0.317
()3 (5%)2 (4%)1 (9%)0.491
()49 (82%)39 (80%)10 (91%)0.381
()20 (33%)16 (33%)4 (36%)0.831
()34 (57%)31 (63%)3 (27%)0.029
()2 (3%)2 (4%)00.633
GCS ()0.892
TBI ()28 (47%)23 (47%)5 (45%)0.929
MOV ()52 (87%)43 (88%)9 (82%)0.601
90-day survival ()52 (87%)43 (88%)9 (82%)0.601
Surgery/24 h after trauma24 (40%)18 (37%)6 (55%)0.276