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Table 3 Factors associated with intracranial injuries

From: Acute behavioral changes as a diagnostic factor of intracranial injuries among the elderly population with mild traumatic brain injury - retrospective cross-sectional study

No

Independent Variable

Chi-square

Fisher exact test

N

X2

df

p-value

F

p-value

1

Sex

585

2.181

1

0.14

  

2

Age (Quartile)

586

0.281

3

0.96

  

3

Place of Injury

586

4.511

3

0.21

4.904

0.157

4

Mechanisms of Injury

578

16.555

4

0.002

11.2

0.014

5

Cause of Injury

582

8.974

4

0.062

7.437

0.093

6

Usage of blood thinners

456

4.787

6

0.571

5.532

0.468

7

GCS Score

586

8.237

2

0.016

7.822

0.016

8

Pupilary examination - new changes

586

0.064

1

0.801

 

1

9

Clinical symptoms after injury

586

96.702

8

< 0.001

57.197

< 0.001

10

New behavioral changes

586

94.041

4

< 0.001

43.69

< 0.001

11

Type of injury

586

13.262

3

0.004

  

12

Cutaneous impact location

586

9.453

3

0.024

  

13

Additional injuries

581

194.48

8

< 0.001

74.06

< 0.001

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