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Table 2 Characteristics of the derivation and validation groups

From: The new trauma score (NTS): a modification of the revised trauma score for better trauma mortality prediction

Characteristics

Derivation cohort

Missing case

Validation cohort

Missing case

(N = 3263)

N, %

(N = 3106)

N, %

Age, yrs., median (IQR)

60 (46–73)

0 (0)

59 (45–72)a

0 (0)

Men (%)

2155 (66.0)

0 (0)

2065 (66.5)b

0 (0)

Trauma type, n (%)

 Blunt trauma

3079 (94.4)

0 (0)

2944 (94.8)

0 (0)

 Penetrating trauma

184(5.6)

0 (0)

162 (5.2)

0 (0)

Physiological parameter, median (IQR)

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

130 (110–140)

4 (0.1)

135 (118–150)a

0 (0)

 Respiratory rate (per a minute)

20 (18–20)

4 (0.1)

20 (18–20)a

0 (0)

 Glasgow Coma Scale

15 (15–15)

3 (0.1)

15 (15–15)

2 (0.1)

 Oxygen saturation (%)

98 (96–99)

105 (3.2)

98 (96–99) a

87 (2.8)

Trauma location, n (%)

 Head & neck injury

1057 (32.4)

 

1290 (41.5) b

 

 Face injury

739 (22.6)

 

612 (19.7) b

 

 Chest injury

857 (26.2)

 

804 (25.9)

 

 Abdomen injury

500 (15.3)

 

440 (14.2)

 

 Extremity injury

1383 (42.4)

 

1241 (40.0)

 

RTS, median (IQR)

7.84 (7.84–7.84)

6 (0.2)

7.84 (7.84–7.84)

2 (0.1)

ISS, median (IQR)

9 (4–13)

289 (8.9)

9 (4–14)a

244 (7.9)

Death, n (%)

368 (11.3)

0 (0)

332 (10.7)

0 (0)

  1. RTS Revised Trauma Score; ISS Injury Severity Score
  2. a p < 0.05 compared with derivation group using Mann-Whitney U test
  3. b p < 0.05 compared with derivation group using chi-square test