Table 1 Participant demographics and injury characteristics (n=1222)
From: An analysis of ideal and actual time to surgery after traumatic spinal cord injury in Canada
Age: mean (range) | 47.4 (s.d.=18.7, min=12, max=92) |
Male gender; n | 976 (80.0%) |
Neurological category (international standards) | |
C1-C4, AIS A, B, C | 285 (23.3%) |
C5-C8, AIS A, B, C | 298 (24.4%) |
T1-S5, AIS A, B, C | 254 (20.8%) |
All, AIS D | 385 (31.5%) |
Neurological category (survey categories) | |
C1–T1, AIS A, B | 394 (21.2%) |
C1–T1, AIS C | 202 (16.5%) |
C1–T1, AIS D | 365 (29.9%) |
T2–T10, AIS A, B, C, D | 261 (21.4%) |
Had surgery; n | 1050 (85.9%) |
Time from injury to surgery unknown/missing | 114 (10.9%) |
Time from injury to surgery known include outliera | 936 (89.1%) |
Time from injury to surgery (h); mean (s.d.) | 100.8 (s.d.=411.7) |
Time from injury to surgery known exclude outlier | 927 (88.3%) |
Time from injury to surgery (h); mean (s.d.) | 69.4 (s.d.=126.7) |
Surgery <12 h from injury | 126 (13.6%) |
Surgery 12–24 h from injury | 245 (26.4%) |
Surgery 24–72 h from injury | 362 (39.1%) |
Surgery >72 h from injury | 194 (20.9%) |
Total hospital length of stay (days); mean (s.d.) | 148.3 (s.d.=108.3) |
