Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of alcoholic patients with and without complications and nonalcoholic patients admitted to ICUs within the Aarhus University Hospital Network, Denmark, 2001 to 2007

	Nonalcoholic patients		Alcoholic patients with complications		Alcoholic patients without complications
	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)
Overall	15,619	92.7	444	2.6	785	4.7
Age (years)
15-44	3,559	22.8	86	19.4	253	32.2
45-59	3,353	21.5	226	50.9	340	43.3
60-74	5,400	34.6	123	27.7	166	21.2
75+	3,307	21.2	9	2.0	26	3.3
Gender
Female	6,530	41.8	130	29.3	239	30.5
Male	9,089	58.2	314	70.7	546	69.6
Comorbidity scorea
Low	6,481	41.5	124	27.9	395	50.3
Medium	5,628	36.0	137	30.9	288	36.7
High	3,510	22.5	183	41.2	102	13.0
Comorbidity
Ischemic heart disease	1,682	10.8	17	3.8	18	2.3
Congestive heart failure	1,564	10.0	27	6.1	30	3.8
Peripheral vascular disease	1,550	9.9	27	6.1	38	4.8
Cerebrovascular disease	1,915	12.3	46	10.4	82	10.5
COPD	2,331	14.9	69	15.5	114	14.5
Diabetes	1,389	8.9	67	15.1	56	7.1
Cancer	2,831	18.1	41	9.2	73	9.3
Marital status
Married	7,609	48.7	154	34.7	225	28.7
Divorced	3,165	20.3	109	24.6	265	33.8
Widow(er)	1,777	11.4	134	30.2	233	29.7
Never married	2,402	15.4	29	6.5	45	5.7
Unknown	666	4.3	18	4.1	17	2.2

^aLevel of Charlson Comorbidity Index (see text for details). COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.