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Table 1 Mean uniconditional disability weights of the injury groups, obtained from EQ-5D data from injury patients without comorbid disease at 21/2 months follow-up.

From: The effect of comorbidity on health-related quality of life for injury patients in the first year following injury: comparison of three comorbidity adjustment approaches

Injury type

N

Mean1

CI2

Skull - brain injury

192

.06

.04-.08

Facial fracture, eye injury

51

.05

.02-.07

Spine, vertebrae

26

.18

.10-.27

Internal organ injury

61

.05

.03-.07

Upper extremity fracture

188

.07

.05-.09

Upper extremity, other injury

64

.09

.05-.12

Hip fracture

12

.21

.11-.32

Lower extremity fracture

151

.15

.13-.18

Lower extremity, other injury

74

.13

.10-.16

Superficial injury, open wounds

158

.06

.04-.07

Burns

14

.05

<.01-.12

Poisonings

16

.06

<.01-.12

Other injury

51

.06

.04-.09

  1. 1Adjusted for age and sex of the patient
  2. 2 CI = confidence interval