Table 3.

Association of POD with other outcomes in patients surviving to Day 28

	Without POD (n = 324)	With POD (n = 113)	Total (n = 437)	P-values
Delta SOFA score (mean ± SD)	2.1 ± 2.2	3.5 ± 3.1	2.5 ± 2.5	<0.001
Length of stay in ICU*	8.8 (6.2, 13.4)	28.0 (20.4, 43.9)	10.0 (6.7, 18.3)	<0.001
Length of stay in Hospital*	22.1 (13.1, 42.0)	49.0 (30.1, 74.3)	28.3 (15.5, 53.9)	<0.001
Hospital Mortality	20 (6.2%)	19 (16.8%)	39 (8.9%)	0.001

*Median (first quartile, third quartile) days from admission to discharge or death compared by the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.

ICU, Intensive Care Unit.

SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.

POD, Persistent Organ Dysfunction Score.