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. 2024 Mar 6;12(7):1235–1242. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i7.1235

Table 1.

Analysis of factors associated with intensive care unit-acquired weakness

Parameters
ICU-AW group (n = 370)
Non-ICU-AW group (n = 693)
χ 2/t/Z
P value
Sex 1.913 0.167
    Male, n (%) 235 (63.51) 410 (59.16)
    Female, n (%) 135 (36.49) 283 (40.84)
Age in yr, mean ± SD 65.29 ± 18.72 58.58 ± 18.75 31.013 0.000
Sepsis, n (%) 31 (8.38) 31 (4.47) 6.727 0.010
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, n (%) 96 (25.95) 68 (9.81) 50.307 0.000
Hypoalbuminemia, n (%) 275 (74.32) 379 (54.69) 67.286 0.000
Acute cardiogenic failure, n (%) 157 (42.43) 205 (29.58) 18.005 0.000
Respiratory failure, n (%) 231 (62.43) 277 (39.97) 83.798 0.000
Acute kidney injury, n (%) 63 (17.03) 47 (6.78) 27.956 0.000
Anemia, n (%) 191 (51.62) 229 (33.04) 35.942 0.000
Diffuse intravascular coagulation, n (%) 5 (1.35) 8 (1.15) 0.077 0.781
Stress-related gastrointestinal bleeding, n (%) 99 (26.76) 74 (10.68) 47.733 0.000
Shock, n (%) 224 (60.54) 276 (39.83) 43.152 0.000
Hypertension, n (%) 193 (52.16) 263 (37.95) 20.661 0.000
Diabetes, n (%) 83 (22.43) 133 (19.19) 1.564 0.211
Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, n (%) 123 (33.24) 132 (19.05) 27.292 0.000
Malignant tumor, n (%) 81 (21.89) 144 (20.78) 0.179 0.673
Rehabilitation therapy, n (%) 20 (5.40) 172 (24.82) 93.687 0.000
Mechanical ventilation duration in h, M (QL, QU) 114 (9.75, 250) 0 (0, 21) 29.905 0.000
Midazolam in mg, M (QL, QU) 50 (0, 370) 0 (0,20) 127.872 0.000
Norepinephrine in mg, M (QL, QU) 20 (0, 120) 0 (0, 16) 81.127 0.000
Length of intensive care unit stay in d, M (QL, QU) 10 (6, 19) 3 (1, 4) 278.696 0.000

ICU-AW: Intensive care unit-acquired weakness.