Table 3.
Characteristics of survivors from the control group and the sepsis group
| Control group | Sepsis group | |||||||||||
| Characteristic | Total (n = 479) | Subtotal (n = 295) | R (n = 133) | NR (n = 74) | Excluded (n = 88) | Pa | Subtotal (n = 184) | R (n = 104) | NR (n = 80) | Pa | Pb | Pc |
| Sex (%) | ||||||||||||
| Male | 60 | 58 | 54 | 51 | 68 | 0.700d | 64 | 64 | 63 | 0.809d | 0.493d | 0.407d |
| Female | 40 | 42 | 46 | 49 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 37 | ||||
| Age (years; median [25th–75th percentile]) | 59 (39–69) | 61 (40–70) | 58 (42–69) | 64 (39–75) | 61 (37–70) | 0.229e | 57 (38–68) | 52 (38–66) | 62 (39–69) | 0.139e | 0.181e | 0.486e |
| APACHE II score (median [25th–75th percentile]) | 16 (11–21) | 14 (10–19) | 12 (8–18) | 14 (10–17) | 18 (13–22) | 0.740e | 18 (13–22) | 17 (13–21) | 18 (14–23) | 0.200e | 0.591e | 0.958e |
| ICU days (median [25th–75th percentile]) | 5 (3–10) | 4 (2–9) | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–4) | 9 (5–15) | 0.695d | 7 (4–11) | 8 (4–11) | 6 (4–10) | 0.273d | 0.052e | 0.007e |
| Admission category (%) | ||||||||||||
| Medical | 54 | 38 | 31 | 31 | 55 | 0.442d | 79 | 77 | 81 | 0.711d | <0.001d | <0.001d |
| Nonscheduled surgery | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 18 | ||||
| Scheduled surgery | 20 | 34 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Multiple Trauma | 9 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
aComparisons between nonrespondents and respondents. bComparisons between nonsepsis excluded and severe sepsis respondents. cComparisons between nonsepsis excluded and severe sepsis. dPearson χ2 test. eMann–Whitney test. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; R, respondents; NR, nonrespondents