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Table 1 Study characteristics by SCI type and overall

From: Epidemiology and contemporary risk profile of traumatic spinal cord injury in Switzerland

Variable

Tetraplegia

Paraplegia

Overall

P-value

Sex (n; %)

   

<0.001

 Male

325 (79.7)

368 (70.2)

693 (74.4)

 

 Female

83 (20.3)

156 (29.8)

239 (25.6)

 

Mean age at injury (Median; S.D.; Min-Max)

53.5 (56; 19.8; 16–93)

43.8 (40; 18.6; 16–90)

48.0 (47; 19.7; 16–93)

 

Age at injury (n, %)

   

<0.001

 16–30

72 (17.7)

158 (30.2)

230 (24.7)

 

 31–45

70 (17.2)

149 (28.4)

219 (23.5)

 

 46–60

94 (23.0)

110 (21.0)

204 (21.9)

 

 61–75

108 (26.5)

70 (13.4)

178 (19.1)

 

 76+

64 (15.7)

37 (7.1)

101 (10.8)

 

Etiology (n; %)

   

<0.001

 Sports and leisure

121 (29.7)

126 (24.1)

247 (26.5)

 

 Transport

103 (25.3)

110 (21.0)

213 (22.9)

 

 Fall

157 (38.5)

189 (36.1)

346 (37.1)

 

 Other cause

27 (6.6)

99 (18.9)

126 (13.5)

 

AIS (n; %)

   

<0.001

 A

81 (19.9)

183 (34.9)

264 (28.3)

 

 B

51 (12.5)

47 (9.0)

98 (10.5)

 

 C

83 (20.3)

84 (16.0)

167 (17.9)

 

 D

178 (43.6)

192 (36.6)

370 (39.7)

 

 E

7 (1.7)

5 (1.0)

12 (1.3)

 

 Unknown

8 (2.0)

13 (2.5)

21 (2.3)

 

Lesion level and AIS (n; %)

    

 C1-C4; A,B,C

-

-

86 (9.2)

 

 C5-C8; A,B,C

-

-

71 (7.6)

 

 T1-S5; A,B,C

-

-

284 (30.5)

 

 All D

-

-

370 (39.7)

 

 All E

-

-

12 (1.3)

 

 Unknown

-

-

109 (11.7)

 
  1. SD standard deviation, AIS American Spinal Injury Association impairment scale, P-value from Pearson’s chi-square test comparing paraplegia and tetraplegia