Table 1. Descriptive analysis for baseline qualitative characteristics (N = 160).
COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
| Basic details | Frequency (%) |
| Age (years) | |
| 18-40 | 40 (25) |
| 41-60 | 62 (38.7) |
| >60 | 58 (36.2) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 57 (35.6) |
| Male | 103 (64.4) |
| System involved | |
| Infectious | 44 (27.5) |
| Respiratory | 35 (21.9) |
| Neurology | 24 (15.0) |
| Cardiology | 18 (11.2) |
| Gastroenterology | 12 (7.5) |
| Renal | 17 (10.6) |
| Others | 10 (6.2) |
| Comorbidity | Yes |
| Hypertension | 53 (33.1) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 33 (20.6) |
| Others (COPD, stroke) | 33 (20.6) |
| Need of ventilator (admission) (yes) | 38 (23.8) |
| Vasopressor use (admission) (yes) | 56 (35.0) |
| Study parameters | Frequency (%) |
| Lactate (on admission) | |
| ≤2.1 mmol/L | 57 (35.6) |
| >2.1 mmol/L | 103 (64.4) |
| Albumin | |
| <3.5 g/dL | 125 (78.1) |
| ≥3.5 g/dL | 35 (21.9) |
| Length of stay | |
| ≤14 Days | 118 (73.8) |
| >14 Days | 42 (26.2) |
| Outcome | |
| Discharge | 94 (58.8) |
| Death | 66 (41.2) |