Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics in the groups analyzed
| Time (months) |
Patients (number) |
Age (years) |
Sex (M/F) |
APACHE II | Height estimated (cm) |
Height measured (cm) |
ARDS (%) |
Mortality (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 9 | 63.3 (6.8) | 4/5 | 17 | 163 (7.6) | 164 (2.1) | 11.1 | 35.4 |
| 2 | 29 | 66.5 (1.9) | 19/10 | 12 | - | 162 (2.9) | 10.3 | 19.6 |
| 4 | 32 | 58.2 (2.5) | 16/16 | 14 | - | 165 (1.8) | 15.6 | 28.4 |
| 6 | 27 | 53.1 (3.1) | 12/15 | 15 | - | 170 (3.6) | 7.4 | 27.9 |
| 9 | 34 | 46.7 (2.8)* | 21/13 | 13 | - | 161 (3.1) | 20.5 | 28.1 |
| 12 | 28 | 60.0 (3.6) | 16/12 | 13 | - | 167 (2.0) | 3.5 | 25.2 |
M/F - male/female; APACHE II - Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II; ARDS - acute respiratory distress syndrome. “0” months = initial group assessed by “visual evaluation”.
*
p < 0.05 compared with time 0.