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Table 1 Characteristics of patients presenting to the ED with mild traumatic brain injury and univariate analysis according to the presence of intracranial lesion

From: Cutaneous impact location: a new tool to predict intracranial lesion among the elderly with mild traumatic brain injury?

 

Population

(N = 365)

Intracranial lesion

(N = 26)

No intracranial lesion

(N = 339)

p-value

Age (years, SD)

86.5 (8.5)

86.8 (8.6)

86.4 (8.5)

0.80

 Age < 75 (n, %)

41 (11.2)

2 (7.7)

39 (11.5)

 

 Age ≥ 75 (n, %)

324 (88.8)

24 (92.3)

300 (88.5)

0.55

Gender, female (n, %)

244 (66.8)

22 (84.6)

222 (65.5)

0.05

Residence (n, %)

 Nursing home

144 (39.5)

10 (38.5)

134 (39.5)

0.92

 Home, with relatives

115 (31.5)

9 (34.6)

106 (31.3)

0.72

 Home, alone

106 (29.0)

7 (26.9)

99 (29.2)

0.81

Antiplatelets (n, %)

 Aspirin

112 (30.7)

11 (42.3)

101 (29.8)

0.18

 Clopidogrel

27 (7.4)

1 (3.8)

26 (7.7)

0.40

 Aspirin + Clopidogrel

2 (0.55)

0 (0)

2 (0.59)

0.86

Anticoagulant (n, %)

 Warfarin

60 (16.4)

5 (19.2)

55 (16.2)

0.69

 Direct oral anticoagulant

61 (16.7)

3 (11.5)

58 (17.1)

0.34

 Subcutaneous anticoagulant

7 (1.9)

1 (3.8)

6 (1.8)

0.40

Psychoactive drug (n, %)

 Benzodiazepine

100 (27.4)

10 (38.4)

90 (26.5)

0.19

 Antidepressant

65 (17.8)

8 (30.8)

57 (16.8)

0.07

 Neuroleptic

18 (4.9)

0 (0.0)

18 (5.3)

0.25

 Antiepileptic

11 (3.0)

0 (0.0)

11 (3.2)

0.43

History

 Cognitive impairment (n, %)

126 (34.5)

9 (34.6)

117 (34.5)

0.99

 Clinical Frailty Scale (mean, SD)

4.6 (1.6)

4.9 (1.7)

4.6 (1.6)

0.33

 Neurosurgical intervention

10 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

10 (2.9)

0.47