Table 1 Demographic and clinical features of study participants.

From: Research on complications and bladder management of the chronic phase spinal cord injury in China

Variable

Total (N = 849)

Traumatic SCI (N = 600)

Non-Traumatic SCI (N = 249)

p-value

Gender, n (%)

< 0.0011

 Male

616 (72.56)

474 (79.00)

142 (57.03)

 

 Female

233 (27.44)

126 (21.00)

107 (42.97)

 

Age (years)

0.0122

 Mean (SD)

45.31 (18.99)

44.26 (17.85)

47.84 (21.32)

 

Marital status, n (%)

0.0023

 Married

572 (69.50)

408 (69.98)

164 (68.33)

 

 Divorced

34 (4.13)

22 (3.77)

12 (5.00)

 

 Single

203 (24.67)

150 (25.73)

53 (22.08)

 

 Widowed

7 (0.85)

2 (0.34)

5 (2.08)

 

 Other

7 (0.85)

1 (0.17)

6 (2.50)

 

 Not recorded

26

17

9

 

Occupation, n (%)

< 0.0013

 Employed

294 (42.42)

220 (46.61)

74 (33.48)

 

 Unemployed

122 (17.60)

88 (18.64)

34 (15.38)

 

 Student

79 (11.40)

57 (12.08)

22 (9.95)

 

 Retired

85 (12.27)

36 (7.63)

49 (22.17)

 

 Jobless

9 (1.30)

7 (1.48)

2 (0.90)

 

 Other

104 (15.01)

64 (13.56)

40 (18.10)

 

 Not recorded

156

128

28

 

Insurance, n (%)

< 0.0013

 Self-Paid

345 (43.07)

290 (51.33)

55 (23.31)

 

 Employee insurance

226 (28.21)

117 (20.71)

109 (46.19)

 

 Resident insurance (including new rural)

160 (19.98)

102 (18.05)

58 (24.58)

 

 Work injury insurance

4 (0.50)

4 (0.71)

0 (0.00)

 

 Other

66 (8.24)

52 (9.20)

14 (5.93)

 

 Not recorded

48

35

13

 

Duration of illness (years), n (%)

< 0.0011

 < 5

636 (74.91)

464 (77.33)

172 (69.08)

 

 5–15

158 (18.61)

92 (15.33)

66 (26.51)

 

 > 15

55 (6.48)

44 (7.33)

11 (4.42)

 

Age at Injury (years)

0.0352

 Mean (SD)

40.98 (19.47)

40.07 (18.20)

43.16 (22.12)

 

Level of injury, n (%)

0.0603

 Cervical

210 (30.57)

164 (31.60)

46 (27.38)

 

 Thoracic

323 (47.02)

231 (44.51)

92 (54.76)

 

 Lumbosacral

154 (22.13)

124 (23.70)

30 (17.26)

 

 Not recorded

162

81

81

 

AIS, n (%)

< 0.0013

 A

243 (33.02)

207 (39.88)

36 (16.59)

 

 B

100 (13.59)

76 (14.64)

24 (11.06)

 

 C

132 (17.93)

91 (17.53)

41 (18.89)

 

 D

261 (35.47)

145 (27.94)

116 (53.45)

 

 Not recorded

113

81

32

 

Reason for hospitalization, n (%)

0.1793

 Rehabilitation training

440 (52.63)

311 (52.45)

129 (53.09)

 

 Regular check-up

42 (5.02)

32 (5.40)

10 (4.12)

 

 Lower urinary tract dysfunction treatment

282 (33.73)

201 (33.90)

81 (33.33)

 

 All urological indications

56 (6.70)

42 (7.08)

14 (5.76)

 

 Other indications

16 (1.91)

7 (1.18)

9 (3.70)

 

 Not recorded

13

7

6

 

Duration of hospitalization (days)

< 0.0014

 Median [Q1, Q3]

27.00 [12.00, 64.00]

29.00 [14.00, 68.25]

22.00 [9.00, 55.00]

 

hospitalization cost (Chinese Yuan)

0.0034

 Median [Q1, Q3]

29,657 [11643, 78599]

31,319 [12578, 83719]

24,755 [8770, 56089]

 

 Not recorded

55

41

14

 
  1. 1Pearson’s Chi-squared test.
  2. 2Two sample t-test.
  3. 3Fisher’s exact test for count data with simulated p-value (based on 2000 replicates).
  4. 4Wilcoxon rank sum test.