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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Crit Care. 2016 Sep;25(5):409–417. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2016281

Table 4.

Bivariate associations between patient characteristics and mortality for the 196 patients in the validation cohort.

Died during first 30 days

N=105
Alive

N=105
p value
Demographic Age median [IQR] 62 [50, 70] 59 [50, 67] 0.12
Male n(%) 61 (58) 54 (59) 0.86
White n(%) 62 (59) 57 (63) 0.34
Black n(%) 31 (30) 29 (32)
Other race n(%) 12 (11) 5 (5.5)
Hematological Malignancy Variables Acute Myeloid Leukemia n(%) 48 (46) 34 (37) 0.76
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia n(%) 13 (12) 9 (9.9)
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma n(%) 19 (18) 22 (24)
Hodgkin Lymphoma n(%) 2 (1.9) 5 (5.5)
Multiple Myeloma n(%) 11 (10.5) 9 (9.9)
Myelodysplastic Syndrome/Myelofibrosis n(%) 1 (1.0) 2 (2.2)
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia n(%) 4 (3.8) 4 (4.4)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia n(%) 7 (6.7) 6 (6.6)
Months Since Diagnosis 13 [3.2, 40] 8.7 [2.0, 24] 0.19
Allogenieic SCT n(%) 40 (38) 33 (36) 0.79
SCT complication n(%) 17 (58) 16 (52) 0.61
Days since SCT median [IQR] 77 [31, 217] 88 [18, 201] 0.91
Chemotherapy in previous 2 months n(%) 79 (75) 64 (71) 0.52
Neutrophils < 500 cells/μL on ICU admission n(%) 43 (42) 39 (43) 0.88
Poor performance status n(%) 16 (15) 11 (12) 0.52
Relapsed/Progressive Disease n(%) 65 (62) 39 (43) 0.008
Other Chronic Diseases Lung disease n(%) 14 (13) 15 (17) 0.51
Cardiovascular disease n(%) 26 (25) 24 (26) 0.8
Diabetes n(%) 25 (24) 23 (25) 0.81
Additional malignancy n(%) 28 (27) 20 (22) 0.45
Chronic Kidney Disease n(%) 10 (9.5) 9 (9.9) 0.93
Deep Venous Thrombosis/Pulmonary n(%)Embolus 10 (9.5) 12 (13) 0.42
Autoimmune n(%) 7 (6.7) 5 (5.5) 0.78
Liver disease n(%) 1 (0.95) 5 (5.5) 0.1
Sleep disordered breathing n(%) 5 (4.8) 7 (7.7) 0.55
ICU Variables Days from hospital admission to ICU admission median [IQR] 4 [0, 14] 1 [0, 10] 0.02
ICU length of stay median [IQR] 5 [1, 10] 4 [2, 9] 0.77
Vasoactive agents n(%) 65 (62) 39 (43) 0.01
Acute renal replacement therapy n(%) 20 (19) 9 (9.9) 0.11
Invasive mechanical ventilation n(%) 71 (68) 26 (29) <0.001
Ventilator Days median [IQR] 1 [0, 5] 0 [0, 2] <0.001
SOFA Score median [IQR] 9 [7, 13] 7 [4, 9] <0.001
SOFA-HM Score median [IQR] 10 [8, 15] 7 [4, 11] <0.001
APACHE II Score median [IQR] 26 [22, 31] 21 [18, 29] <0.001