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Table 2 Pre-injury health, quality of life and crash-related characteristics by crash type in the inception cohort

From: Describing and comparing the characteristics of injured bicyclists and other injured road users: a prospective cohort study

Characteristic

Bicyclist (N = 238)

Car driver passenger (N = 234)

Motorbike driver or passenger (N = 193)

Pedestrian/skateboard (N = 83)a

P value

EQ5D VAS

86.9 (9.7)

83.9 (12.1)

86.1 (12.4)

85.6 (10.8)

0.03

EQ5D summary score

0.95 (0.10)

0.91 (0.14)

0.95 (0.09)

0.93 (0.13)

0.0001

BMI (from self-reported height and weight)

24.8 (3.8)

26.3 (6.0)

26.5 (4.1)

25.1 (5.7)

0.001

Self-reported health

    

<0.0001

 Excellent

113 (47.5)

69 (29.5)

72 (37.3)

38 (45.8)

 

 Very good

90 (37.8)

91 (38.9)

79 (40.9)

21 (25.3)

 

 Good

31 (13.0)

51 (21.8)

35 (18.1)

16 (19.3)

 

 Fair

4 (1.7)

19 (8.1)

4 (2.1)

8 (9.6)

 

 Poor

0 (-)

4 (1.7)

3 (1.6)

0 (-)

 

Current smoker

    

0.001

 Yes

23 (9.7)

46 (19.7)

34 (17.6)

22 (26.5)

 

 No

215 (90.3)

188 (80.3)

159 (82.4)

61 (73.5)

 

Alcohol intake – Audit c score

    

<0.0001

 Zero

17 (7.1)

61 (26.1)

31 (16.1)

6 (7.2)

 

 1–3

78 (32.8)

88 (37.6)

60 (31.1)

25 (30.1)

 

 4–7

126 (52.9)

73 (31.2)

88 (45.6)

39 (47.0)

 

 8–12

17 (7.1)

12 (5.1)

14 (7.3)

13 (15.7)

 

Any listed medical conditions on self-report

    

<0.0001

 Yes

100 (42.0)

152 (65.2)

81 (42.0)

44 (53.0)

 

 No

138 (58.0)

81 (34.8)

112 (58.0)

39 (47.0)

 

Obesity on self-report

    

0.03

 Yes

7 (2.9)

21 (9.0)

9 (4.7)

5 (6.0)

 

 No

231 (97.1)

212 (91.0)

184 (95.3)

78 (94.0)

 

Crash-related characteristics

     

Perceived danger of death

    

<0.0001

 Great or overwhelming

23 (10.0)

82 (35.7)

36 (19.0)

14 (17.1)

 

 Moderate

31 (13.4)

32 (13.9)

35 (18.4)

16 (19.5)

 

 Small or none

177 (76.6)

116 (50.4)

119 (62.6)

52 (63.4)

 

Perceived danger of disability

    

<0.0001

 Great or overwhelming

19 (10.9)

56 (29.3)

40 (25.6)

12 (20.3)

 

 Moderate

31 (17.7)

47 (24.6)

37 (23.7)

11 (18.6)

 

 Small or none

125 (71.4)

88 (46.1)

79 (50.6)

36 (61.0)

 

Perceived danger of either death or disability

    

<0.0001

 Great or overwhelming

26 (15.0)

79 (41.4)

52 (33.3)

14 (23.7)

 

 Moderate

34 (19.7)

41 (21.5)

36 (23.1)

13 (22.0)

 

 Small or none

113 (65.3)

71 (37.2)

68 (43.6)

32 (54.2)

 
  1. Data are presented as n (%) or mean (SD)
  2. aIncludes 68 pedestrians and 15 skateboard riders