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Table 2 Patient characteristics included in the study

From: Quantifying the impact of inhalational burns: a prospective study

Demographics

All patients

n (%)

Patients with inhalational injury n (%)

Patients without inhalational injury n (%)

p value, U

Number

202 (100)

35 (17.3)

167 (82.7)

 

Age (years)

 Mean (SD)

43.1 (16.7)

38.8 (17.25)

44.1 (12.78)

 

 Range

16–86

18–69

16–86

 

 Median (IQR)

42 (29–56)

43(29–58)

35 (30–48)

0.176, U = 2451

%TBSA, median (IQR)

5 (2.38–13.0)

5 (2.5–12)

9 (0–66)

0.036, U = 3582

Facial burns

72 (35.6)

18 (51.4)

54 (32.3)

0.032

Upper body burns

162 (80.2)

21 (60.0)

141 (84.5)

0.001

Sex

 Male

128 (63.4)

26 (74.2)

102 (61.1)

 

 Female

74 (36.6)

9 (25.7)

65 (38.9)

 

Race

 Chinese

116 (57.4)

15 (42.8)

101(60.5)

 

 Indian

19 (9.4)

3 (8.6)

16 (9.6)

 

 Malay

22 (10.9)

4 (11.4)

18 (10.8)

 

 Others

45 (22.2)

13 (37.1)

32 (19.2)

 
  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, %TBSA percentage of total body surface area