Table 1 Basic characteristics of included patients and scores from three scales.

From: A comparative analysis of three risk assessment scales for predicting venous thromboembolism in traumatic brain injury patients

Characteristics

VTE group

(n = 146)

Non-VTE group

(n = 314)

t /χ2/z

P

Sex (n) (%)

    

Male

117(80.1)

232(73.9)

2.13

0.145

Female

29(19.9)

82(26.1)

Age

56(46, 69.25)

54(38, 69)

-1.59

0.133

BMI

22.98 ± 3.48

22.75 ± 3.36

0.67

0.501

ISS

33.5(25, 42)

25(16, 33)

-6.13

<0.001

LOS

25(15, 36)

9(5, 15.25)

-7.50

<0.001

GCS

5(4, 9)

13(6, 15)

-6.89

<0.001

GCS level (n) (%)

    

 13 ~ 15

31(21.2)

174(55.4)

55.53

<0.001

 9 ~ 12

14(9.6)

36(11.5)

 ≤ 8

101(69.2)

104(33.1)

Cause of injury (n) (%)

 

Traffic injury

62(42.5)

102 (32.5)

10.35

0.006

Fall injury or High fall injury

72(49.3)

152 (48.4)

Other types

12(8.2)

60(19.1)

Surgery (n) (%)

109(74.7)

149(47.5)

56.17

<0.001

Central venous catheter (n) (%)

75(51.4)

51(16.2)

61.83

<0.001

mechanical prophylaxis (n) (%)

20(13.7)

50(15.9)

0.38

0.536

chemoprophylaxis (n) (%)

61(41.8)

14(4.5)

101.73

<0.001

Caprini score

14 (12, 16)

11(9, 13)

-7.53

<0.001

RAPT score

12(9.75, 15)

7(5, 9)

-8.73

<0.001

TESS score

10(8.75, 11)

6 (4, 9)

-7.25

<0.001

  1. VTE, Venous thromboembolism; ISS, injury severity score; LOS, total hospital length of stay; GCS, Glascow coma scale.