Table 3.
Physical component score | ||||||||||||||
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Parameter | Range | N (%) | Pre-morbid | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year | 2.5 years | 5 years | ||||||
Age | ≤ 64 years | 184 (61) | 37.1 | (17.0) | 32.4 | (13.9) | 34.2 | (14.6) | 36.3 | (15.6) | 36.3 | (16.1) | 34.5 | (16.8) |
> 64 years | 116 (39) | 32.3 | (14.1) | 33.1 | (12.6) | 35.2 | (13.8) | 36.9 | (12.9) | 36.1 | (13.9) | 28.4 | (15.5) | |
P value | 0.01 | 0.69 | 0.66 | 0.80 | 0.94 | 0.09 | ||||||||
APACHE II | ≤ 18 | 158 (53) | 37.6 | (16.3) | 33.3 | (13.4) | 34.6 | (15.0) | 36.8 | (15.0) | 37.2 | (15.1) | 33.7 | (17.6) |
> 18 | 142 (47) | 32.6 | (15.5) | 31.8 | (13.5) | 34.5 | (13.4) | 36.0 | (14.3) | 34.7 | (15.7) | 31.1 | (15.1) | |
P value | 0.01 | 0.42 | 0.96 | 0.74 | 0.37 | 0.44 | ||||||||
LOS | ≤ 2 days | 162 (54) | 36.0 | (15.6) | 35.5 | (12.8) | 35.2 | (14.7) | 37.3 | (14.4) | 36.4 | (15.8) | 32.9 | (16.2) |
> 2 days | 136 (46) | 34.4 | (16.7) | 28.7 | (13.4) | 33.7 | (13.8) | 35.3 | (15.1) | 36.0 | (14.8) | 32.1 | (17.2) | |
P value | 0.38 | < 0.001 | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.91 | 0.82 | ||||||||
Type of admission |
Surgical | 106 (35) | 33.2 | (14.5) | 34.4 | (11.3) | 35.2 | (13.8) | 34.9 | (14.4) | 33.6 | (15.4) | 27.9 | (15.8) |
Medical | 118 (39) | 32.6 | (16.7) | 30.2 | (14.1) | 32.3 | (14.4) | 35.1 | (14.9) | 35.8 | (14.7) | 29.5 | (16.3) | |
P value | 0.77 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.94 | 0.51 | 0.69 | ||||||||
Long-term survival |
Survivor | 197 (66) | 36.9 | (15.7) | 33.6 | (13.0) | 34.8 | (13.8) | 37.1 | (15.3) | 35.9 | (15.4) | 32.6 | (16.6) |
Non-survivor | 103 (34) | 34.4 | (16.3) | 31.6 | (13.9) | 34.3 | (15.1) | 35.0 | (13.2) | 37.6 | (15.2) | . | . | |
p-value | 0.189 | 0.298 | 0.805 | 0.384 | 0.622 |
Data presented as means and standard deviations. All subgroups are dichotomised around the median values for all intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. APACHE = acute physiology, age and chronic health evaluation; LOS = length of stay.