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Table 1 Characteristics of patients screened and not screened for alcohol

From: A Ten year review of alcohol use and major trauma in a Canadian province: still a major problem

Characteristic

 

Screened

Not

Screened

p-value

Sex

Male:Female Ratio

10492:3060

6223:2682

<0.001a

Injury Mechanism

Blunt:Penetrating Ratio

12502:887

8384:318

<0.001a

Associated Death at Scene

No Death:Death Ratio

11712:636

7563:229

<0.001a

Admission Status

Not Direct:Direct Ratio

13231:226

8268:629

<0.001a

Age

Yearsd

37.0 (27)

49.0 (46)

<0.001b

Total LOS

Daysd

8.0 (12.0)

6.0 (10.0)

<0.001c

Total ICU LOS

Daysd

8.0 (12.0)

6.0 (10.0)

<0.001c

ISS

Scored

22.0 (13.0)

18.0 (9.0)

<0.001c

  1. aby chi-squared analysis
  2. bby Student’s t-test
  3. cby Mann–Whitney U test
  4. dvalues reported as median (IQR)