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Table 3 Differences between children with and without birth records in PFK

From: Risk factors for recurrent injuries in victims of suspected non-accidental trauma: a retrospective cohort study

 

Children with birth records in PFK database (N = 1361)

Children without birth records in PFK database (N = 898)

P

Characteristic

   

Male

699 (51.4)

448 (49.9)

0.49

Lives in urban area*

1026 (75.8)

689 (77.0)

0.53

Musculoskeletal disease

166 (12.2)

72 (8.0)

0.002

Congenital anomaly

272 (20.0)

84 (9.4)

<.0001

Person-months at end of study

29 (17, 40)

26 (14, 37)

0.0002

Age

   

0-6 months

421 (30.9)

120 (13.4)

<.0001

6-12 months

268 (19.7)

131 (14.6)

 

12-18 months

248 (18.2)

180 (20.0)

 

18-24 months

164 (12.1)

132 (14.7)

 

24-30 months

105 (7.7)

113 (12.6)

 

> 30 months

155 (11.4)

222 (24.7)

 

Enrollment continuity at end of study)

   

Continuous enrollment ≥ 24 months

488 (35.9)

302 (33.6)

0.10

Continuous enrollment < 24 months

403 (29.6)

283 (31.5)

 

Discontinuous enrollment ≥ 24 months

351 (25.8)

211 (23.5)

 

Discontinuous enrollment < 24 months

119 (8.7)

102 (11.4)

 

Enrollment breaks over the course of the study

   

No break in enrollment

891 (65.5)

585 (65.1)

0.41

One break

331 (24.3)

220 (24.5)

 

More than one break (range = 2-5 breaks)

139 (10.2)

93 (10.4)

 

Median family income in patient's zipcode*

   

$20417-$42043

707 (52.0)

413 (46.0)

0.006

$42297-$94873

654 (48.0)

485 (54.0)

 

Percent of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher in patient's zipcode*

   

0.0-14.0%

686 (50.4)

405 (45.1)

0.01

14.2-62.2%

675 (49.6)

493 (54.9)

 

Vaccination provided

106 (7.8)

109 (12.1)

0.0006

Injury type

   

Fracture

315 (23.1)

176 (19.6)

0.046

Dislocation

34 (2.5)

32 (3.6)

0.14

Burn

70 (5.1)

47 (5.2)

0.92

Retinal hemorrhage

41 (3.0)

23 (2.6)

0.53

Intracranial

87 (6.4)

41 (4.6)

0.07

Abdominal thoracic

21 (1.5)

6 (0.7)

0.06

Open wound

104 (7.6)

75 (8.4)

0.54

Blood vessel

5 (0.4)

6 (0.7)

0.31

Superficial Injury

114 (8.4)

64 (7.1)

0.28

Contusions

269 (19.8)

163 (18.2)

0.34

Crush

3 (0.2)

2 (0.2)

1

Spinal cord

7 (0.5)

6 (0.7)

0.78

Location of injury

   

Head/neck

275 (20.2)

136 (15.1)

0.002

Face

64 (4.7)

32 (3.6)

0.19

Chest

64 (4.7)

30 (3.3)

0.11

Abdomen and pelvic contents

49 (3.6)

24 (2.7)

0.22

Extremities or pelvic girdle

337 (24.8)

231 (25.7)

0.61

External

548 (40.3)

347 (38.6)

0.44

Mechanism of injury

   

Cut/pierce

6 (0.4)

5 (0.6)

0.7

Drowning/submersion

2 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

1

Fall

223 (16.4)

138 (15.4)

0.52

Fire/Burn

47 (3.5)

28 (3.1)

0.66

Natural/environmental

12 (0.9)

4 (0.5)

0.23

Overexertion

1 (0.1)

0 (0)

1

Poisoning

17 (1.3)

7 (0.8)

0.29

Struck by/against

63 (4.6)

32 (3.6)

0.22

Suffocation

2 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

1

Number of injuries

   

0

473 (34.8)

335 (37.3)

0.048

1

297 (21.8)

217 (24.2)

 

2

225 (16.5)

143 (15.9)

 

3

94 (6.9)

69 (7.7)

 

4

75 (5.5)

42 (4.7)

 

≥5

197 (14.5)

92 (10.2)

 

Injury Severity (TMPM-ICD9 probability of death)**

0.031 (0.011, 0.095)

0.021 (0.009, 0.082)

<.0001

  1. Characteristics shown were determined at the first event. *Based on the child's zip code at their first event and on data from the 2000 US Census. **TMPM-ICD9 = trauma mortality prediction model. Data are shown as frequencies and percentages for categorical variables and medians and 25th and 75th percentiles for continuous variables. PFK = Partners for Kids Medicaid accountable care organization.