Table 1 Demographic data of patients in VS/UWS and MCS.

From: Analyzing brain-activation responses to auditory stimuli improves the diagnosis of a disorder of consciousness by non-linear dynamic analysis of the EEG

 

Training set

Test set

 

VS/UWS (n = 20)

MCS (n = 20)

VS/UWS (n = 9)

MCS (n = 9)

Age (y)

57.50 (42.25, 71.50)

65.50 (49.00, 72.00)

79.00 (64.50, 119.50)

98.00 (66.00, 374.50)

Sex

 Male

15 (75%)

16 (80%)

7 (78%)

7 (78%)

 Female

5 (25%)

4 (20%)

2 (22%)

2 (22%)

Aetiology

 Traumatic brain injury

5 (25%)

3 (15%)

2 (9)

1 (9)

 Stroke

14 (70%)

17 (85%)

7 (9)

7 (9)

 Hypoxic brain injury

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (9)

1 (9)

 Encephalitis

1 (5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Days post-injury

77 (48, 214)

45 (106.50, 240.25)

99.89 ± 55.27

262.22 ± 374.40

CRS-R total score

4 (2, 5)*

9 (8, 12)

5.00 ± 1.50*

10.22 ± 2.17

  1. CRS-R coma recovery scale-revision, MCS minimally conscious state, VS/UWS vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome.
  2. Bold part is to explain the statistical analysis results and express accurately
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