Table 5 Bivariate analysis of injuries and outcomes by sex and by age for victims in recreational off-highway vehicle (ROV) related crashes presenting to a Level 1 trauma center from 2004 to 2017
Sex | Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male n (Col %)a | Female n (Col %)a | p value | < 16 Years n (Col %)a | > 16 Years n (Col %)a | p value | |
Group N | 45 | 27 | 35 | 37 | ||
GCS | ||||||
15 | 39 (89%) | 24 (89%) | 1.0 | 29 (83%) | 34 (94%) | 0.15 |
< 15 | 5 (11%) | 3 (11%) | 6 (17%) | 2 (6%) | ||
Head injuryb | ||||||
Yes | 8 (22%) | 5 (26%) | 0.75 | 6 (25%) | 7 (23%) | 1.0 |
No | 28 (78%) | 14 (74%) | 18 (75%) | 24 (77%) | ||
Face injuryb | ||||||
Yes | 9 (25%) | 2 (11%) | 0.30 | 6 (25%) | 5 (16%) | 0.51 |
No | 27 (75%) | 17 (89%) | 18 (75%) | 26 (84%) | ||
Chest injuryb | ||||||
Yes | 9 (25%) | 3 (16%) | 0.51 | 4 (17%) | 8 (26%) | 0.52 |
No | 27 (75%) | 16 (84%) | 20 (83%) | 23 (74%) | ||
Abdominal injuryb | ||||||
Yes | 4 (11%) | 2 (11%) | 1.0 | 2 (8%) | 4 (13%) | 0.69 |
No | 32 (89%) | 17 (89%) | 22 (92%) | 27 (87%) | ||
Extremity injuryb | ||||||
Yes | 22 (61%) | 10 (53%) | 0.58 | 14 (58%) | 18 (58%) | 1.0 |
No | 14 (39%) | 9 (47%) | 10 (42%) | 13 (42%) | ||
External (skin) injuryb | ||||||
Yes | 18 (50%) | 10 (53%) | 1.0 | 12 (50%) | 16 (52%) | 1.0 |
No | 18 (50%) | 9 (47%) | 12 (50%) | 15 (48%) | ||
ISS | ||||||
< 15 | 38 (84%) | 25 (93%) | 0.47 | 30 (86%) | 33 (89%) | 0.73 |
> 15 | 7 (16%) | 2 (7%) | 5 (14%) | 4 (11%) | ||
Disposition | ||||||
Admitted | 35 (78%) | 18 (67%) | 0.41 | 23 (66%) | 30 (81%) | 0.18 |
Discharged | 10 (22%) | 9 (33%) | 12 (34%) | 7 (19%) | ||
ICU | ||||||
Yes | 13 (29%) | 6 (22%) | 0.59 | 10 (29%) | 9 (24%) | 0.79 |
No | 32 (71%) | 21 (78%) | 25 (71%) | 28 (76%) | ||
Ventilated | ||||||
Yes | 5 (11%) | 2 (7%) | 0.70 | 5 (14%) | 2 (5%) | 0.25 |
No | 40 (89%) | 25 (93%) | 30 (86%) | 35 (95%) | ||