Table 1.
General characteristics of the patients (N = 50)
| Sample characteristics (N=50) | Control group | Study group | p value | |
| (N = 23) | (N=27) | |||
| Age (median) | 79 | 77 | 0.6401 | |
| IQR | 17 | 27 | ||
| Gender (%) | ||||
| Female | 12 (52) | 14 (52) | ||
| Male | 11 (48) | 13 (48) | ||
| IQR | 1 | 1 | ||
| Primary diagnosis (%) | ||||
| Neurological diseases (stroke, Alzheimer's) | 5 (22) | 18 (67) | 0.9898 | |
| Infectious diseases (lung diseases, sepsis) | 17 (74) | 7 (26) | 0.7788 | |
| Cancer | 1 (4) | 2 (7) | 0.6531 | |
| Days of hospitalization | 32 | 331 | <0.00001 | |
| Days of orotracheal intubation | 12 | 331 | <0.00001 | |
| IQR | 19 | 509 | ||
IQR - interquartile range.