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. 2025 Oct 10;16:1682970. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1682970

Table 2.

Patient characteristics by ICU type.

Variable Medical ICU (n=35) Surgical ICU (n=46) Cardiac ICU (n=49) P-value
Age (years) (Median [IQR]) 64.00 [54.00-76.00] 57.50 [50.00-68.50] 68.00 [58.00-72.00] 0.031
Gender: Male (%)
 Female (%)
22 (62.9%)
13 (37.1%)
9 (19.6%)
37 (80.4%)
36 (73.5%)
13 (26.5%)
<0.001
BMI (kg/m2) (Median [IQR]) 24.09 [19.32-27.59] 26.24 [23.21-30.38] 25.69 [23.94-29.38] 0.041
Total Hospital LOS (days) (mean± SD) 10.00 (7.00-17.00) 8.50 (6.00-14.00) 8.00 [7.00-12.00] 0.098
ICU LOS (days) (Median [IQR]) 3.00 [2.00-4.00] 3.00 [2.00-5.00] 3.00 [3.00-4.00] 0.626
Previous Diabetes (%) 7 (20%) 7 (15.20%) 16 (32.7%) 0.115
Previous Hypertension (%) 22 (62.9%) 17 (37.00%) 36 (73.5%) 0.001
Death (%) 9 (25.70%) 1 (2.20%) 2 (4.10%) <0.001
Re-hospitalization (%) 10 (28.60%) 14 (30.40%) 12 (24.50%) 0.804
Corticosteroids use (%) 16 (45.70%) 19 (41.30%) 3 (6.10%) <0.001
Vasopressors use (%) 12 (34.30%) 6 (13.00%) 10 (20.40%) 0.068