Table 2 Clinical characteristics of road traffic crashes related thoracic injuries in comparison with non-road traffic crashes related chest traumas
|  | RTCR chest trauma (n = 2108) | Non-RTCR chest trauma (n = 2987) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender (n, %) | |||
 Male | 1476, 70.0% | 2569, 86.0% | 0.001 |
 Female | 632, 30.0% | 418, 14.0% |  |
Age (year) | 51.1 ± 13.5 | 49.6 ± 14.7 | 0.001 |
 Male | 49.3 ± 13.3 | 48.2 ± 15.1 | 0.016 |
 Female | 55.3 ± 12.4 | 56.8 ± 14.7 | 0.086 |
Injury type (n, %) | |||
 Rib fracture | 1571, 74.5% | 2012, 67.4% | 0.001 |
 Pneumothorax | 351, 16.7% | 668, 22.4% | 0.001 |
 Hemopneumothorax | 105, 5.0% | 142, 4.8% | 0.710 |
 Lung contusion | 45, 2.1% | 76, 2.5% | 0.344 |
 Sternum fracture | 65, 3.1% | 40, 1.3% | 0.001 |
 Hemothorax | 21, 1.0% | 20, 0.7% | 0.199 |
Associate injury (n, %) | 1177, 55.8% | 1472, 49.3% | 0.001 |
 Extremity fracture | 912, 77.5% | 1168, 79.3% | 0.246 |
 Abdominal | 111, 9.4% | 121, 8.2% | 0.273 |
 Clavicle fracture | 94, 8.0% | 116, 7.9% | 0.920 |
 Head and spinal | 48, 4.1% | 48, 3.3% | 0.263 |
 Facial | 14, 1.2% | 17, 1.2% | 0.934 |
ISS | 17.7 ± 9.4 | 13.6 ± 10.5 | 0.001 |