Table 1

Non-matched patient characteristics and injury data

CharacteristicsWhite (n=2639)Non-white (n=1053)P value
Age, years*36 (25–47)33 (24–45)0.002
Sex, male (%)2078 (79)862 (82)0.04
Uninsured, number of patients with insurance data (%)486, 2162 (22)290, 875 (33)<0.001
SBP, mm Hg*140 (124–158)140 (122–160)0.69
RR, bpm*15 (0–18)16 (12–20)<0.001
GCS score*3 (3–5)3 (3–6)0.01
ISS*21 (16–26)20 (16–25)0.67
Alcohol use disorder (%)598 (23)205 (19)0.04
Congestive heart failure (%)22 (0.8)9 (0.9)>0.99
Smoker (%)220 (8)57 (5)0.003
Cerebrovascular accident (%)39 (1)18 (2)0.71
Diabetes (%)81 (3)36 (3)0.66
Angina within 30 days (%)0 (0)1 (<0.1)0.29
History of myocardial infarction (%)16 (0.6)5 (0.5)0.81
History of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (%)69 (3)25 (2)0.76
Dementia (%)1 (<0.1)1 (<0.1)0.49
Hospital LOS, days*9 (4–19)10 (5–21)0.07
ICU LOS, days*5 (2–12)5 (2–12)0.53
Neuromonitoring (%)309 (12)112 (11)0.39
Neurointervention (%)570 (22)235 (22)0.67
Mortality (%)436 (17)158 (15)0.28
  • *Median values with (IQR).

  • bpm, breaths per minute; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; ICU, intensive care unit; ISS, Injury Severity Score; LOS, length of stay; RR, respiratory rate; SBP, systolic blood pressure.