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Table 3 Multivariate analysis of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with Expansive Intracranial Hematoma

From: Burden, risk factors, neurosurgical evacuation outcomes, and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients with expansive intracranial hematomas in Uganda: a mixed methods study design

Variables

Patients with Expansive Intracranial Hematomas

Prevalence Ratio (PR)

95% CI

P- Value

n (%)

  

Age (Years)

18-28

141 (43.5)

Ref

  

29-38

53 (16.3)

0.97

0.69 to 1.36

0.852

39-48

39 (12.0)

1.54

1.20 to 1.97

0.001

>48 (91)

91 (28.1)

1.56

1.23 to 1.98

< 0.001

Patient with history of toxic substances

None

109 (33.6)

Ref

  

Smoking (10)

10 (3.1)

1.21

1.00 to 1.47

0.048

Pre-injury ASA - PS (American Society of Anesthesia - Performance Status) 

Normal healthy patient

282 (87.0)

Ref

  

Patient with mild systemic disease

19 (5.8)

1.08

0.850 to 1.38

0.514

Patient with severe systemic disease

23 (7.1)

1.36

1.14 to 1.64

0.001

Presence of swirl sign, n (%)

  No

32 (9.8)

Ref

  

  Yes

292 (90.1)

2.26

1.29 to 3.95

0.004