Table 2.

Patient characteristics

Factor		Before inspection	After inspection	P value
N		3813	3594
Sex	Male	1939 (50.9%)	1881 (52.3%)	0.2*
	Female	1874 (49.1%)	1713 (47.7%)
Age, years	Median (IQR)	70 (56–81)	73 (60–82)	<0.001†
	Mean (SD)	66.8 (18.8)	68.9 (18.5)
Organ failure		1387 (36.6%)	1409 (39.3%)	0.015*
Charlson Comorbidity Index	Median (IQR)	2 (1–4)	2 (1–4)	0.49†

*Pearson’s χ² test.

†Wilcoxon rank-sum test.