Table 3 Demographic, location, mechanism, severity and outcome variables of spine injuries by mechanims, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, 2003–2006 (n = 239)
From: Epidemiology of spinal injuries in the United Arab Emirates
Variable | Traffic | Fall from height | Fall at same level | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 114) | (n = 94) | (n = 22) | |||
Age (years) | 35 (2–70) | 37 (7–64) | 50 (25–80) | 0.001 | |
Gender (male) | 103 (90.4 %) | 90 (95.7 %) | 14 (63.6 %) | <0.0001 | |
UAE nationality | 23 (20.2 %) | 3 (3.2 %) | 8 (36.4 %) | <0.0001 | |
Location | Home | 0 | 8 (8.5 %) | 15 (68.2 %) | <0.0001 |
Work | 1 (0.9 %) | 80 (85.1 %) | 5 (22.7 %) | ||
Road | 111 (97.4 %) | 1 (1.1 %) | 0 | ||
Other | 2 (1.8 %) | 5 (5.3 %) | 2 (9.1 %) | ||
Severity | ICU admission | 24 (21.1 %) | 6 (6.4 %) | 0 | 0.001 |
Hospital stay (days) | 8 (1–77) | 17.5 (1–57) | 5.5 (1–19) | 0.11 | |
GCS | 15 (3–15) | 15 (4–15) | 15 (15–15) | <0.0001 | |
ISS | 8 (1–38) | 4 (1–34) | 4 (1–9) | <0.0001 | |
Outcome | Paraplegia | 6 (5.3 %) | 5 (5.3 %) | 0 | 0.8 |
Mortality | 5 (4.4 %) | 0 | 0 | 0.13 |