Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to acute tICH expansion of the development dataset.

From: Low serum calcium promotes traumatic intracerebral hematoma expansion by the response of immune cell: A multicenter retrospective cohort study

Variables

Total (n = 640)

Acute tICH expansion

p

No (n = 341)

Yes (n = 299)

Demographics and clinical variables

Male sex, n (%)

505 (78.9)

270 (79.2)

235 (78.6)

0.857

Age, years, Mean ± SD

50.2 ± 18.0

48.5 ± 17.8

52.2 ± 18.2

0.01

Cause of injury, n (%),

   

0.04

Violence

41 (6.4)

21 (6.2)

20 (6.7)

 

Fall

256 (40.0)

152 (44.6)

104 (34.8)

 

Motor vehicle

343 (53.6)

168 (49.3)

175 (58.5)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

80 (12.5)

39 (11.4)

41 (13.7)

0.385

MAP, mmHg, Mean ± SD

100.2 ± 17.7

99.3 ± 16.5

101.2 ± 18.9

0.188

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

35 (5.5)

17 (5)

18 (6)

0.566

Smoking, n (%)

100 (15.6)

54 (15.8)

46 (15.4)

0.875

Drinking, n (%)

69 (10.8)

44 (12.9)

25 (8.4)

0.065

Level on Glasgow Coma Scale score, n (%)

   

< 0.001

Mild (13–15 points)

369 (57.7)

228 (67.1)

141 (47.2)

 

Moderate (9–12 points)

113 (17.7)

49 (14.4)

64 (21.4)

 

Severe (3–8 points)

157 (24.6)

63 (18.5)

94 (31.4)

 

In-hospital mortality, n (%)

27 (4.2)

5 (1.5)

22 (7.4)

< 0.001

Imaging variables

Intraventricular hemorrhage, n (%)

47 (7.3)

17 (5.0)

30 (10.0)

0.035

Subarachnoid hemorrhage, n (%)

456 (71.4)

218 (64.1)

238 (79.6)

< 0.001

Subdural hemorrhage, n (%)

176 (28.1)

62 (18.8)

114 (38.4)

< 0.001

Epidural hematoma, n (%)

94 (14.8)

55 (16.2)

39 (13.1)

0.265

Encephalatrophy, n (%)

31 (4.9)

16 (4.7)

15 (5)

0.868

Location of contusion, n (%)

   

0.134

Frontal

297 (49.0)

155 (47.7)

142 (50.5)

 

Temporal

249 (41.1)

130 (40)

119 (42.3)

 

Parietal

27 (4.5)

17 (5.2)

10 (3.6)

 

Occipital

10 (1.7)

5 (1.5)

5 (1.8)

 

Basal ganglia, brainstem, or cerebellum

23 (3.8)

18 (5.5)

5 (1.8)

 

Multihematoma fuzzy sign, n (%)

121 (19.0)

16 (4.7)

105 (35.1)

< 0.001

Time to baseline CT, h, Mean ± SD

3.0 ± 2.2

3.3 ± 2.3

2.7 ± 2.1

< 0.001

Time from baseline CT to follow-up CT, h, Mean ± SD

17.3 ± 12.1

18.6 ± 12.4

15.8 ± 11.7

0.005

Baseline tICH volume, mL, Mean ± SD

4.3 ± 7.6

3.3 ± 6.2

5.5 ± 8.7

< 0.001

Baseline tICH volume ≥5 mL, n (%)

148 (23.1)

60 (17.6)

88 (29.4)

< 0.001

Follow-up tICH volume, mL, Mean ± SD

8.6 ± 16.5

3.1 ± 6.2

15.0 ± 21.4

< 0.001

Laboratory results

Leukocyte count, Mean ± SD

14.8 ± 5.4

13.9 ± 5.3

15.9 ± 5.2

< 0.001

Neutrophil count, Mean ± SD

12.6 ± 5.4

11.4 ± 4.8

14.0 ± 4.8

< 0.001

Lymphocyte count, Mean ± SD

1.4 ± 1.0

1.7 ± 1.1

1.0 ± 0.7

< 0.001

Monocyte count, Mean ± SD

0.8 ± 0.5

0.8 ± 0.5

0.8 ± 0.4

0.736

MLR, Mean ± SD

0.8 ± 0.6

0.6 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.7

< 0.001

Blood glucose, mM/L, Mean ± SD

9.7 ± 16.2

8.7 ± 4.2

10.6 ± 22.4

0.189

Prothrombin time, s, Mean ± SD

11.6 ± 1.3

11.5 ± 1.1

11.7 ± 1.5

0.018

International normalized ratio, Mean ± SD

1.0 ± 0.1

1.0 ± 0.1

1.0 ± 0.1

0.001

Activated partial thromboplastin time, s, Mean ± SD

26.0 ± 5.0

25.5 ± 4.9

26.5 ± 5.0

0.008

Fibrinogen, g/L, Mean ± SD

2.6 ± 1.0

2.6 ± 0.9

2.5 ± 1.0

0.385

Platelet count, Mean ± SD

209.9 ± 60.7

216.1 ± 59.6

202.8 ± 61.2

0.006

Coagulopathy, n (%)

207 (32.3)

102 (29.9)

105 (35.1)

0.16

Serum calcium level, mM/L, Mean ± SD

2.1 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.1

2.1 ± 0.1

< 0.001

Hypocalcemia, n (%)

185 (28.9)

51 (15)

134 (44.8)

< 0.001

  1. MAP, mean artery pressure; MLR, monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio; CT, computed tomography; SD, standard deviation; tICH, traumatic intraparenchymal haematoma.