Table 6.

Comparison of cohort and excluded patients

Characteristics	Included n = 1,191	Excluded n = 133	p value
Age	57 (45–69)	63 (46–78)	0.01
Male sex n (%)	651 (54.7)	76 (57.1)	0.46
APACHE II score	14 (10–20)	15 (10–22)	0.33
Hospital LOS (days)	6 (4–12)	5 (3–9)	<0.001
Intubated n (%)	186 (15.6)	19 (14.3)	0.68

APACHE acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, LOS length of stay