Table 3 Number of cases, mean age and AIS of each non-traumatic etiology.
From: Epidemiology features of traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury in China, Wuhan
Non-traumatic etiology | Demyelinating disease | Neoplasm | Degenerative disease | Vascular disease | Infectious disease | Others | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of cases (%) | 21(19.09%) | 38(34.54%) | 11(10.02%) | 14(12.72%) | 19(17.27%) | 7(6.36%) | 110(100%) |
Mean age at injury | 55.3 ± 12.5 | 57.2 ± 10.4 | 43.8 ± 8.4 | 54.1 ± 14.1 | 51.9 ± 13.5 | 57 ± 12.4 | 54.8 ± 16.4 |
\({\mathrm{Type and severity of injury}}^{{\text{a}}}\) | |||||||
Complete tetraplegia | 0(0%) | 1(0.90%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 1(0.90%) |
Incomplete tetraplegia | 2(1,81%) | 4(3.63%) | 5(4.54%) | 3(2.72%) | 2(1.81%) | 1(0.90%) | 17(15.45%) |
Complete paraplegia | 0(0%) | 1(0.90%) | 1(0.90%) | 1(0.90%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 3(2.72%) |
Incomplete paraplegia | 14(12.72%) | 16(14.54%) | 23(20.90%) | 13(11.81%) | 13(11.81%) | 10(9.09%) | 89(80.93%) |
\({{\text{AIS}}}^{{\text{a}}}\) | |||||||
A | 1(0.90%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 3(2.72%) | 2(1.81%) | 0(0%) | 6(5.45%) |
B | 2(1.81%) | 1(0.90%) | 3(2.72%) | 3(2.72%) | 6(5.45%) | 2(1.81%) | 17(15.45%) |
C | 3(2.72%) | 10(9.09%) | 4(3.63%) | 4(3.63%) | 3(2.72%) | 4(3.63%) | 28(25.45%) |
D | 13(11.81%) | 19(17.27%) | 10(9.09%) | 7(6.36%) | 6(5.45%) | 4(3.63%) | 59(53.65%) |
