Table 1: Chronic comorbidities of adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit for sepsis.
| Variable | % (no.)* |
p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients n = 369 |
Centre 1 n = 174 |
Centre 2 n = 114 |
Centre 3 n = 81 |
||
| Hypertension |
56 (205) |
51 (88) |
66 (75) |
52 (42) |
0.03 |
| Diabetes mellitus |
31 (115) |
29 (51) |
31 (35) |
36 (29) |
0.6 |
| Coronary artery disease |
31 (113) |
30 (52) |
38 (43) |
22 (18) |
0.07 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
25 (94) |
28 (49) |
21 (24) |
26 (21) |
0.4 |
| Peripheral vascular disease |
19 (71) |
22 (38) |
24 (27) |
7 (6) |
0.01 |
| Immunosuppression |
18 (68) |
17 (30) |
11 (13) |
31 (25) |
0.002 |
| Chronic renal failure |
18 (66) |
14 (25) |
13 (15) |
32 (26) |
0.001 |
| Heart failure |
18 (65) |
15 (26) |
21 (24) |
19 (15) |
0.4 |
| Neoplasia |
17 (64) |
21 (36) |
8 (9) |
23 (19) |
0.01 |
| Cirrhosis |
8 (29) |
5 (9) |
11 (12) |
10 (8) |
0.2 |
| Asthma |
4 (16) |
2 (3) |
3 (3) |
12 (10) |
0.001 |
| No. of comorbidities per patient, median (IQR) |
3 (1 to 4) |
2 (1 to 4) |
3 (1 to 4) |
3 (2 to 4) |
1.0 |
| Patients with no chronic comorbidity |
10 (38) |
12 (21) |
11 (13) |
5 (4) |
0.2 |
| Patients with ≥ 1 chronic comorbidities |
90 (331) |
88 (153) |
89 (101) |
95 (77) |
0.2 |
| Patients with ≥ 2 chronic comorbidities | 71 (263) | 67 (117) | 70 (80) | 81 (66) | 0.06 |
Note: IQR = interquartile range. *Unless stated otherwise.