Table 1: Demographic and clinical characteristics at presentation and discharge.

Variable (% of Non-Missing Values) No Clinical Complications Clinical Complications p-value
Sex-complete cases: 176(100%)
Female
Male		 12(14,8)
68(85.2)		 19(19.6.0)
77(80.4)		 0.403c
Age (in years)-complete cases: 175(99%) 36(13.6)d 34(14.4)d 0.4393a
Length of hospital stay (in days)-complete cases:155(88%) 20(8,35)e 47(12,79)e <0.0001a
Aetiology-complete cases: 151(86%)
Fall
Falling object
Road traffic accident
Other		 21(27.6)
1(1.3)
51(67.1)
3(4.0)		 18(23.7)
9(11.8)
39(51.3)
10(13.2)		 0.007c
Level of injury-complete cases: 102(58%)
Thoracic
Cervical
Lumbar		 7(21.9)
15(46.9)
10(31.3)		 26(37.1)
39(55.7)
5(7.1)		 0.007b
Frankel grade at presentation-complete cases: 82(47%)
A
B
C
D
E		 0(0,0)
0(0.0)
0(0.0)
3(12.5)
21(87.5)		 36(62.1)
8(13.8)
5(8.6)
7(12.1)
2(3.5)		 <0.0001b
Frankel grade at discharge-complete cases:57(32%)
A
B
C
D
E		 0(0.0)
0(0.0)
0(0.0)
2(10.0)
18(90.0)		 14(37.8)
6(16.2)
5(13.5)
11(29.7)
1(2.7)		 <0.0001b
Paralysis at presentation-complete cases: 93(53%)
Monoplegia
Hemiplegia
Paraplegia
Tetraplegia
No paralysis		 0(0.0)
0(0.0)
1(4.0)
0(0.0)
24(96.0)		 3(4.4)
3(4.4)
29(42.7)
28(30.4)
5(7.4)		 <0.0001b
Paralysis at discharge-complete cases:74(42%)
Monoplegia
Hemiplegia
Paraplegia
Tetraplegia
No paralysis		 0(0.0)
0(0.0)
1(4.0)
0(0.0)
24(96.0)		 1(2.0)
2(4.1)
25(51.0.9)
15(30.6)
6(12.2)		 <0.0001b
Patient needed implants/screws-complete cases:87(49%)
No
Yes		 17(65.4)
9(34.6)		 23(37.7)
38(62.3)		 0.018c
Type of treatment received-complete cases:92(52%)
Non-operative
Operative		 20(74.1)
7(25.9)		 40(61.5)
25(38.5)		 0.250c

aTwo-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum test, bFisher’s exact, cchi-sqaure test, dMean(SD), eMedian(IQR)
Frankel A: lesion was found to be complete, both motor and sensory, below the segmental level marked.
Frankel B: some sensation present below the level of lesion but the motor paralysis was complete below that level
Frankel C: motor power present below the lesion but it was of no practical use to the patient
Frankel D: useful motor power below the level of the lesion.
Frankel E: patient was free of neurological symptoms