Clinical Factors Predictive for Intracranial Hemorrhage in Mild Head Injury

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of head injury patients who were at moderate risk for intracranial hemorrhage categorized by evidence of intracranial hemorrhage from computed tomography of the brain.

Factors	No intracranial hemorrhage	Intracranial hemorrhage	value
Mean (SD) age, years	37.59 (1.16)	41.44 (2.82)	0.247
Male gender	48 (35.56)	4 (22.22)	0.303
Triage level at presentation			0.116
1	3 (2.27)	0
2	65 (49.24)	13 (72.22)
3	54 (40.91)	4 (22.22)
4	9 (6.82)	0
5	1 (0.76)	1 (5.56)
Mean (SD) Glasgow Coma Scale score	14.85 (0.47)	14.39 (0.85)	<0.001
Comorbidities
Diabetes mellitus	10 (7.41)	3 (16.67)	0.183
Hypertension	9 (6.67)	4 (22.22)	0.049
Stroke	4 (2.96)	0	0.999
Coronary artery disease	4 (2.96)	0	0.999
Medications
NSAIDs	4 (2.96)	0	0.999
Aspirin	4 (2.96)	2 (11.11)	0.148
Clopidogrel	3 (2.22)	2 (11.11)	0.106
Warfarin	1 (0.74)	0	0.999

Note. Data presented as number (percentage) unless indicated otherwise; NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.