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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics According to the 6-months Outcome

From: Circulating neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio at admission predicts the long-term outcome in acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury patients

 

Full cohort

Poor outcome (AIS A to C)

Good outcome (AIS D to E)

P value

N

377

172

205

 

Age (yrs) (mean ± SD)

46.05 ± 17.93

52.91 ± 13.61

44.61 ± 16.34

< 0.001

Male (N, %)

212 (56.2)

102 (59.3)

110 (48.9)

0.298

Mechanism of injury (n, %)

   

0.762

 Motor vehicle accident

87 (23.1)

38 (22.1)

49 (23.9)

 

 Fall

99 (26.3)

51 (29.7)

48 (23.4)

 

 Stumble

102 (27.1)

49 (28.5)

53 (25.8)

 

 Blow to spine

68 (18.0)

31 (18.1)

37 (18.1)

 

 Others

21 (5.5)

8 (4.6)

13 (6.3)

 

GCS at admission

14.8 ± 0.4

14.7 ± 0.4

14.8 ± 0.3

0.562

Baseline AIS grade (n, %)

 A

129 (34.2)

80 (46.5)

49 (23.9)

< 0.001

 B

61 (16.2)

48 (27.9)

13 (6.3)

< 0.001

 C

72 (19.1)

51 (29.6)

21 (10.2)

< 0.001

 D

115 (30.5)

3 (1.7)

112 (54.6)

< 0.001

Coagulopathy (n, %)

87 (23.1)

59 (34.3)

28 (13.7)

< 0.001

Charleson Co-morbidity Index > 1 (n, %)

79 (20.9)

41 (20.9)

38 (20.7)

0.253

WBCs, (×109/L)

14.68 ± 5.19

19.01 ± 6.32

13.18 ± 4.59

< 0.001

Neutrophil ratio

0.87 ± 0.09

0.89 ± 0.09

0.81 ± 0.05

< 0.001

Lymphocyte ratio

0.13 ± 0.06

0.09 ± 0.03

0.12 ± 0.07

< 0.001

NLR

13.28 ± 11.46

25.73 ± 11.36

7.98 ± 7.31

< 0.001

  1. Data are given as mean ± SD, or n (%) unless otherwise noted