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. 2024 Aug 23;58:e20240107. doi: 10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2024-0107en

Table 4. Association between Sequential Organ Failure Assessment severity index and sociodemographic and clinical variables – São Paulo, Brazil, 2021 (n = 217).

Variables Sequential organ failure Assessment p-value
N Mean (SD) Median Minimum-maximum
Sex
Men 124 3.15 (2.37) 3 0–17 0.0141*
Women 93 2.46 (1.99) 2 0–11
Body Mass Index
Slimness/Normal 47 3.3 (3.3) 3 0–17 0.9562**
Overweight 77 2.74 (1.86) 3 0–9
Obesity/Serious Obesity 93 2.72 (1.81) 3 0–10
Race
White 171 2.96 (2.29) 3 0–17 0.1384*
Non-white 46 2.43 (2) 2 0–9
Smoker
Yes 8 3.13 (1.55) 3.5 0–5 0.3324*
No 209 2.84 (2.26) 3 0–17
Sedentarism
Yes 180 3.02 (2.05) 3 0–13 0.0002*
No 37 2.03 (2.86) 2 0–17
Comorbidities
None 41 3.02 (2.91) 2 0–17 0.0529**
1–2 101 2.45 (1.69) 2 0–9
3–4 54 3.22 (2.15) 3 0–11
5 or more 21 3.52 (2.94) 4 0–13
Outcome
Discharge 139 2.32 (2.03) 2 0–17 <0.0001*
Decease 78 3.81 (2.27) 3 0–13

*Mann-Whitney test.

**Kruskal-Wallis test.