Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with or without multihematoma fuzzy sign before and after propensity score (PS) matching.

From: Development and external validation of a novel multihematoma fuzzy sign on computed tomography for predicting traumatic intraparenchymal hematoma expansion

Variables

Before PS match

After PS match

No multihematoma fuzzy sign (n = 270)

Multihematoma fuzzy sign (n = 212)

P value

No multihematoma fuzzy sign (n = 158)

Multihematoma fuzzy sign (n = 158)

P value

Male sex, no. (%)

204 (75.56%)

157 (74.06%)

0.706

115 (72.78%)

117 (74.05%)

0.799

Mean age (SD), y

50.99 (17.22)

50.60 (18.17)

0.808

51.32 (17.47)

50.89 (17.43)

0.827

Hypertension, no. (%)

29 (11.28%)

32 (15.69%)

0.166

18 (11.39%)

21 (13.29%)

0.608

Diabetes, no. (%)

15 (5.68%)

15 (7.25%)

0.490

10 (6.33%)

10 (6.33%)

1.000

Mean arterial pressure, median (IQR) (mmHg)

100.00 (90.75–109.83)

103.00 (94.00–113.66)

0.008

100.00 (91.00–110.00)

100.00 (91.75–110.00)

0.698

Coagulopathy, no. (%)

42 (16.03%)

35 (16.91%)

0.799

26 (16.46%)

27 (17.09%)

0.880

Level on Glasgow Coma Scale score, no. (%)

  

0.241

  

0.858

Mild (13–15 points)

142 (52.59%)

100 (47.17%)

 

81 (51.27%)

83 (52.53%)

 

Moderate (9–12 points)

53 (19.63%)

55 (25.94%)

 

36 (22.78%)

32 (20.25%)

 

Severe (3–8 points)

75 (27.78%)

57 (26.89%)

 

41 (25.95%)

43 (27.22%)

 

Location, no. (%)

  

< 0.001

  

0.974

Frontal

109 (40.37%)

125 (58.96%)

 

86 (54.43%)

80 (50.63%)

 

Temporal

127 (47.04%)

76 (35.85%)

 

61 (38.61%)

67 (42.41%)

 

Parietal

9 (3.33%)

7 (3.30%)

 

7 ( 4.43%)

7 ( 4.43%)

 

Occipital

12 (4.44%)

2 (0.94%)

 

2 ( 1.27%)

2 ( 1.27%)

 

Basal ganglia, brainstem, or cerebellum

13 (4.81%)

2 (0.94%)

 

2 ( 1.27%)

2 ( 1.27%)

 

Intraventricular hemorrhage, no. (%)

22 (8.15%)

18 (8.49%)

0.892

11 ( 6.96%)

11 ( 6.96%)

1.000

Subarachnoid hemorrhage, no. (%)

213 (78.89%)

189 (89.15%)

0.003

137 (86.71%)

136 (86.08%)

0.870

Subdural hemorrhage, no. (%)

189 (70.00%)

180 (84.91%)

< 0.001

127 (80.38%)

127 (80.38%)

1.000

Time to baseline CT (IQR) (h)

2.50 (1.50–4.00)

2.17 (1.50–4.00)

0.148

2.37 (1.50–4.27)

2.60 (1.67–4.24)

0.672

Time from baseline CT to follow-up CT (IQR) (h)

16.66 (9.87–24.00)

16.25 (8.59–24.00)

0.967

15.59 (7.08–24.00)

17.00 (8.10–24.00)

0.490

Baseline tICH volume, mean (SD) (ml)

7.70 (8.29)

10.96 (11.10)

< 0.001

8.29 (8.99)

8.96 (7.42)

0.470