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Table 2 Distribution of cases and controls according to behavioural factors

From: Effect of wearing a helmet on the occurrence of head injuries in motorcycle riders in Benin: a case-control study

Variables

Head injuries (% or Mean ± sd)

p-value

Yes (n = 242)

No (n = 484)

Helmet use

  

0.000

 Yes

69.8

90.3

 

 No

30.2

9.7

 

Distracted during the crash

  

0.502

 Yes

15.7

13.8

 

 No

84.3

86.2

 

Telephone use during the crash

  

0.014

 Yes

3.3

0.8

 

 No

96.7

99.2

 

Fatigue/drowsiness during the crash

  

0.004

 Yes

16.5

9.3

 

 No

83.5

90.7

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