Table 1 |
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Clinical and demographic characteristics between the two groups |
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Admission characteristic |
Placebo (n = 77) |
Progesterone (n = 82) |
P value |
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Males |
57 (74) |
58 (70) |
0.64 |
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Females |
20 (25) |
24 (29) |
0.64 |
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Mean (standard deviation) age (years) |
31 (9) |
30 (11) |
0.52 |
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Mean (standard deviation) time injury to administration (hours) |
3.65 (1.46) |
3.80 (2.03) |
0.59 |
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Mean (standard deviation) qualifying Glasgow Coma Scale score |
6.1 (1.3) |
6.0 (1.8) |
0.68 |
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Glasgow Coma Scale 3 to 5 |
20 (25) |
22 (26) |
0.90 |
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Mechanism of injury |
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Motor vehicle |
62 (80) |
63 (76) |
0.57 |
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Fall |
8 (10) |
10 (12) |
0.71 |
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Assault |
4 (5) |
7 (8) |
0.40 |
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Other |
3 (3) |
2 (2) |
0.59 |
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Surgical procedures |
24 (31) |
22 (26) |
0.54 |
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Pupillary response |
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Bilaterally normal |
26 (33) |
26 (31) |
0.78 |
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Abnormal |
51 (66) |
56 (68) |
0.78 |
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Marshall computerized tomography scan classification |
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I |
0 |
0 |
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II |
9 (11) |
7 (8) |
0.50 |
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III |
22 (28) |
28 (34) |
0.44 |
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IV |
13 (16) |
12 (14) |
0.69 |
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V |
24 (31) |
22 (26) |
0.54 |
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VI |
9 (11) |
13 (15) |
0.44 |
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Data presented as n (%) unless indicated otherwise. |
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Xiao et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R61 doi:10.1186/cc6887 |
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