Survey study of the etiology of non-traumatic altered consciousness in the Emergency Department at Suez Canal University Hospital in Egypt

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population, n (%)

Variables	n = 87	Alive	Dead	P value
Age, yr				N/A
mean ± SD	60.5 ± 13.6	60.4 ± 14.1	62.6 ± 12.2
Median (range)	75 (18-93)	75 (18-93)	48 (30-78)
Age groups				0.4b
18-29	3 (3.4)	3 (4.6)	0 (0)
30-39	3 (3.4)	2 (3.1)	1 (4.5)
40-49	5 (5.7)	4 (6.2)	1 (4.5)
50-59	20 (23.0)	15 (23.1)	5 (22.7)
≥ 60	56 (64.5)	41 (63.0)	15 (68.3)
Male	52 (60.0)	40 (61.5)	12 (54.5)	0.3b
Female	35 (40.0)	25 (38.5)	10 (45.5)

^bP: Non-significant.

N/A: Not applicable; SD: Standard deviation.