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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Defining the optimal cut-off values for liver enzymes in diagnosing blunt liver injury

 

All (n = 676)

LI+ (n = 64)

LI− (n = 612)

p value

AST

48 (31–106)

276 (48–503)

44 (16–73)

<0.001

ALT

36 (22–69)

240 (92–388)

32 (16–49)

<0.001

ISS

17 (9–26)

21 (9–33)

17 (9–26)

<0.01

GCS

15 (13–15)

15 (14–15)

14 (13–15)

0.67

RTS

7.84 (6.90–7.84)

7.84 (7.37–7.84)

7.84 (7.37–7.84)

0.32

Ps

97.0 (89.5–99.2)

95.7 (88.1–100)

97.4 (92.9–100)

0.19

Age

46 (29–63)

40 (23–57)

46 (29–63)

0.17

Male gender, n (%)

462 (68.3)

36 (56.3)

426 (69.6)

0.03

Mortality, n (%)

58 (8.6)

5 (7.8)

53 (8.7)

0.82

  1. Values are given as median (IQR) where not stated otherwise
  2. LI+ with liver injury, LI− without liver injury, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, ISS injury severity score, GCS Glasgow coma scale, RTS revised trauma score, Ps probability of survival