Research Article
The Association between Skull Bone Fractures and the Mortality Outcomes of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
Table 3
Propensity score-matched cohort of the patients with or without skull fracture.
| | Propensity score-matched cohort | | Skull fracture (+), n = 1,023 | Skull fracture (−), n = 1,023 | OR (95% CI) | | Standardized difference (%) |
| | Age | 47.0 ± 18.8 | 47.4 ± 18.7 | — | 0.646 | −2.03 | | Male | 757 (74.0) | 757 (74.0) | 1.0 (0.82–1.22) | | 0.00 | | Comorbidities | | | | | | | CVA | 21 (2.1) | 21 (2.1) | 1.0 (0.54–1.84) | 1.000 | 0.00 | | HTN | 192 (18.8) | 192 (18.8) | 1.0 (0.80–1.25) | 1.000 | 0.00 | | CAD | 29 (2.8) | 29 (2.8) | 1.0 (0.59–1.69) | 1.000 | 0.00 | | CHF | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 1.0 (0.06–16.01) | 1.000 | 0.00 | | DM | 92 (9.0) | 92 (9.0) | 1.0 (0.74–1.35) | 1.000 | 0.00 | | ESRD | 5 (0.5) | 5 (0.5) | 1.0 (0.29–3.47) | 1.000 | 0.00 | | AIS-head | 3.6 ± 1.0 | 3.7 ± 1.0 | — | 0.678 | −1.84 | | Mortality | 105 (10.3) | 78 (7.6) | 1.4 (1.02–1.88) | 0.036 | — |
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AIS, abbreviated injury score; CAD, coronary artery disease; CHF, congestive heart failure; CI, confidence interval; CVA, cerebral vascular accident; DM, diabetes mellitus; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; HTN, hypertension; OR, odds ratio.
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