Table 5.
Baseline characteristics of the nonsepsis, nontrauma cohort
|
Characteristic |
ALI/ARDS |
No ALI/ARDS |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 13) | (n = 112) | ||
| Age (yr) |
56 (48, 59) |
61 (49.8, 68) |
0.191a |
| Female gender |
69.2% (9) |
43.8% (49) |
0.081b |
| Current smoker |
30.8% (4) |
24.3% (27) |
0.612b |
| ICU days |
6 (3, 8) |
5 (3, 9) |
0.827a |
| Ventilator-free days |
24 (16, 26) |
26 (23, 27) |
0.094a |
| Hospital days |
16 (11, 21) |
11 (7, 20.3) |
0.337a |
| Baseline APACHE II score |
26 (24, 29) |
26 (22, 31) |
0.711a |
| Blood median storage days |
20 (17, 29) |
22 (16, 29) |
1a |
| Blood maximum storage days |
26 (19, 35) |
26.5 (20, 33) |
0.907a |
| Number of units transfused | 4 (2, 5) | 4 (2, 8) | 0.88a |
Data given as median (25th percentile, 75th percentile) or percent (frequency) of patients.
N is the number of nonmissing values.
aWilcoxon test; bPearson test.