Table 1 Sex differences in TSFs caused by MVCs.

From: Sex, age, role and geographic differences in traumatic spinal fractures caused by motor vehicle collisions: a multicentre retrospective study

Data

Total

Male group

Female group

P

Total

798

521

277

 

Mean age (years)

44.4 ± 13.7

43.2 ± 13.5

46.6 ± 13.9

 

District

 Chongqing

501 (62.8%)

343 (65.8%)

158 (57.0%)

0.018

 Shenyang

297 (37.2%)

178 (34.2%)

119 (43.0%)

 

Age group

 18–60

687 (86.1%)

456 (87.5%)

231 (83.4%)

0.108

  ≥ 60

111 (13.9%)

65 (12.5%)

46 (16.6%)

 

Injury season

 Spring

194 (24.3%)

132 (25.3%)

62 (22.4%)

0.825

 Summer

193 (24.2%)

125 (24.0%)

68 (24.5%)

 

 Autumn

199 (24.9%)

127 (24.4%)

72 (26.0%)

 

 Winter

212 (26.6%)

137 (26.3%)

75 (27.1%)

 

Role

 Drivers

333 (41.7%)

262 (50.3%)

71 (25.6%)

 < 0.001

 Passengers

215 (26.9%)

125 (24.0%)

90 (32.5%)

 

 Pedestrian

250 (31.3%)

134 (25.7%)

116 (41.9%)

 

Vehicle involved

927

602

325

 

 Car

647 (69.8%)

418 (69.4%)

229 (70.5%)

0.803

 Motorcycle

107 (11.5%)

82 (13.6%)

25 (7.7%)

0.010

 Truck

44 (4.7%)

35 (5.8%)

9 (2.8%)

0.055

 Battery electric vehicle

23 (2.5%)

10 (1.7%)

13 (4.0%)

0.029

 Bicycle

31 (3.3%)

14 (2.3%)

17 (5.2%)

0.031

Associated injuries

389 (48.7%)

254 (48.8%)

135 (48.7%)

1.000

 LLFs

65 (8.1%)

43 (8.3%)

22 (7.9%)

0.986

 PFs

42 (5.3%)

20 (3.8%)

22 (7.9%)

0.021

 ULFs

44 (5.5%)

24 (4.6%)

20 (7.2%)

0.168

 Craniocerebral injury

102 (12.8%)

79 (15.2%)

23 (8.3%)

0.008

 Intrathoracic injuries

214 (26.8%)

143 (27.4%)

71 (25.6%)

0.640

 Intra-abdominal injuries

22 (2.8%)

14 (2.7%)

8 (2.9%)

1.000

Coma after injury

62 (7.8%)

52 (10.0%)

10 (3.6%)

0.002

Spinal cord injury

425 (53.5%)

234 (44.9%)

191 (69.0%)

 < 0.001

NSFs

101 (12.7%)

67 (12.9%)

34 (12.3%)

0.901

Complications

35 (4.4%)

24 (4.6%)

11 (4.0%)

0.814

 Deep venous thrombosis

7 (0.9%)

2 (0.4%)

5 (1.8%)

0.099

 Pneumonia

22 (2.8%)

18 (3.5%)

4 (1.4%)

0.154

 Pressure sores

4 (0.5%)

3 (0.6%)

1 (0.4%)

1.000

 Urinary infection

2 (0.3%)

2 (0.4%)

0

0.773

 Surgical site infection

3 (0.4%)

2 (0.4%)

1 (0.4%)

1.000