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Table 1 Patient characteristics of patients with blunt renal trauma and temporal trends from 2004 to 2018

From: Trends and outcomes of blunt renal trauma management: a nationwide cohort study in Japan

Characteristics

Total

2004–2006

2007–2009

2010–2012

2013–2015

2016–2018

P for trend

n = 3550

n = 189

n = 451

n = 819

n = 1111

n = 980

Age, median, Q1–Q3

43

23–65

29

20–52

37

21–60

42

23–64

44

24–66

48

25–69

0.002

Age group, n (%)

 < 20 years

607

(17.1)

36

(19.0)

89

(19.7)

140

(17.1)

186

(16.7)

156

(15.9)

0.076

 20–64 years

2017

(56.8)

128

(67.7)

271

(60.1)

479

(58.5)

631

(56.8)

508

(51.8)

< 0.001

 ≥ 65 years

926

(26.1)

25

(13.2)

91

(20.2)

200

(24.4)

294

(26.5)

316

(32.2)

< 0.001

Male sex, n (%)

2635

(74.2)

138

(73.0)

324

(71.8)

582

(71.1)

843

(75.9)

748

(76.3)

0.014

Mechanism, n (%)

 Car accident

556

(15.7)

37

(19.6)

62

(13.7)

136

(16.6)

174

(15.7)

147

(15.0)

0.448

 Motorcycle accident

797

(22.5)

46

(24.3)

129

(28.6)

188

(23.0)

244

(22.0)

190

(19.4)

< 0.001

 Bicycle accident

271

(7.6)

9

(4.8)

38

(8.4)

65

(7.9)

78

(7.0)

81

(8.3)

0.486

 Pedestrian accident

353

(9.9)

22

(11.6)

42

(9.3)

82

(10.0)

125

(11.3)

82

(8.4)

0.337

 Fall from height

616

(17.4)

38

(20.1)

71

(15.7)

147

(17.9)

195

(17.6)

165

(16.8)

0.675

 Fall down stairs

323

(9.1)

8

(4.2)

25

(5.5)

74

(9.0)

102

(9.2)

114

(11.6)

< 0.001

 Fall on the ground

265

(7.5)

6

(3.2)

30

(6.7)

54

(6.6)

92

(8.3)

83

(8.5)

0.008

 Sports-related injury

145

(4.1)

10

(5.3)

12

(2.7)

26

(3.2)

38

(3.4)

59

(6.0)

0.018

 Others

224

(6.3)

13

(6.9)

42

(9.3)

47

(5.7)

63

(5.7)

59

(6.0)

0.092

ISS, median, Q1–Q3

22

14-34

22

16-34

22

16-34

22

15-34

22

14-34

22

14-34

0.072

Shock on arrival, n (%)

405

(11.4)

27

(14.3)

64

(14.2)

102

(12.5)

123

(11.1)

89

(9.1)

< 0.001

AAST grade

 I

1408

(39.7)

88

(46.6)

172

(38.1)

326

(39.8)

457

(41.1)

365

(37.2)

0.139

 II

358

(10.1)

21

(11.1)

47

(10.4)

76

(9.3)

99

(8.9)

115

(11.7)

0.506

 III

1039

(29.3)

39

(20.6)

122

(27.1)

229

(28.0)

336

(30.2)

313

(31.9)

< 0.001

 IV

596

(16.8)

32

(16.9)

83

(18.4)

147

(17.9)

182

(16.4)

152

(15.5)

0.150

 V

149

(4.2)

9

(4.8)

27

(6.0)

41

(5.0)

37

(3.3)

35

(3.6)

0.021

Concomitant injury, n (%)

 Head/neck

1341

(37.8)

88

(46.6)

182

(40.4)

313

(38.2)

419

(37.7)

339

(34.6)

0.001

 Thorax

2298

(64.7)

109

(57.7)

280

(62.1)

530

(64.7)

726

(65.3)

653

(66.6)

0.013

 Pelvis/lower-extremity

1399

(39.4)

93

(49.2)

179

(39.7)

329

(40.2)

438

(39.4)

360

(36.7)

0.008

Concomitant intra-abdominal organ injury, n (%)

 Liver

972

(27.3)

57

(30.2)

130

(28.8)

225

(27.5)

314

(28.3)

246

(25.1)

0.094

 Spleen

655

(18.5)

41

(21.7)

88

(19.5)

145

(17.7)

207

(18.6)

174

(17.8)

0.287

 Pancreas

78

(2.2)

4

(2.1)

9

(2.0)

19

(2.3)

20

(1.8)

26

(2.7)

0.573

 Gastrointestinal tract

98

(2.8)

5

(2.6)

10

(2.2)

25

(3.1)

27

(2.4)

31

(3.2)

0.532

Isolated traumatic renal injury, n (%)

509

(14.3)

20

(10.6)

62

(13.7)

119

(14.5)

151

(13.6)

157

(16.0)

0.088

Management, n (%)

 Emergency abdominal angiography

1,189

(33.5)

49

(25.9)

127

(28.2)

275

(33.6)

390

(35.1)

348

(35.5)

< 0.001

 Nephrectomy

136

(3.8)

10

(5.3)

39

(8.6)

36

(4.4)

27

(2.4)

24

(2.4)

< 0.001

Mortality, n (%)

337

(9.5)

29

(15.3)

56

(12.4)

90

(11.0)

90

(8.1)

72

(7.3)

< 0.001

  1. P values for trend were calculated using the Jonckheere-Terpstra test and Cochrane-Armitage test
  2. ISS Injury Severity Score, AAST American Association for the Surgery of Trauma