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Table 4 patients characteristics and outcomes within each gender based on the age groups (< vs > 65 years)

From: Females fall more from heights but males survive less among a geriatric population: insights from an American level 1 trauma center

Variable

Females (n = 1510; 41.2%)

Males (n = 2155; 58.8%)

 

< 65 yrs

> 65 yrs

p

< 65 yrs

> 65 yrs

p

Patients number

488(32.3%)

1022(67.7%)

0.001

1300(60.3%)

855(39.7%)

0.001

Mean age ± SD

27 ± 22

81 ± 9.0

0.001

31 ± 20

78 ± 8.0

0.001

ISSa score

5(4–9)

9(5–14)

0.001

9(4–13)

10(8–17)

0.001

NISSa score

8(4–12)

10(9–17)

0.001

9(4–17)

13(9–22)

0.001

TRISSa score

0.994(0.983–0.996)

0.968(0.943–0.975)

0.001

0.994(0.983–0.996)

0.965(0.933–0.970)

0.001

Fall heighta in meter

4(3–9.5)

3(3–8)

0.004

8(4–15)

6(3–11)

0.001

Diabetes mellitus

6.3%

23.3%

0.001

6.9%

26.8%

0.001

Rib fractures

4.2%

13.5%

0.001

11%

20%

0.001

GCS ≤ 8

4.3%

5.6%

0.17

5.7%

8.9%

0.002

Person received blood transfusion

4.1%

15.6%

0.001

5.2%

18.1%

0.001

Mortality N;(%)

8(1.6%)

56(5.5%)

0.001

32(2.5%)

116(13.6%)

0.001

  1. aData presented as median (interquartile range)