Table 1.
Patient and injury characteristics of the mortality and survival groups of older trauma patients in the intensive care unit.
| Variables | Death n = 125 |
Survival n = 575 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.696 | ||
| Male, n (%) | 79 (63.2) | 374 (65.0) | |
| Female, n (%) | 46 (36.8) | 201 (35.0) | |
| Age (years) | 76.4 ± 7.5 | 75.7 ± 7.0 | 0.386 |
| BMI | 23.6 ± 4.5 | 23.4 ± 4.0 | 0.604 |
| Albumin (g/dl) | 3.0 ± 0.8 | 3.3 ± 0.6 | <0.001 |
| GNRI | 89.8 ± 12.9 | 94.2 ± 12.0 | <0.001 |
| Co-morbidities | |||
| DM, n (%) | 39 (31.2) | 165 (28.7) | 0.577 |
| HTN, n (%) | 59 (47.2) | 333 (57.9) | 0.029 |
| CAD, n (%) | 22 (17.6) | 83 (14.4) | 0.369 |
| CHF, n (%) | 4 (3.2) | 12 (2.1) | 0.450 |
| CVA, n (%) | 12 (9.6) | 58 (10.1) | 0.869 |
| ESRD, n (%) | 13 (10.4) | 24 (4.2) | 0.005 |
| COPD, n (%) | 4 (3.2) | 19 (3.3) | 0.953 |
| ISS, median (IQR) | 25 (16–29) | 16 (13–25) | <0.001 |
| 1–15, n (%) | 12 (9.6) | 158 (27.5) | <0.001 |
| 16–24, n (%) | 44 (35.2) | 267 (46.4) | 0.022 |
| ≥25, n (%) | 69 (55.2) | 150 (26.1) | <0.001 |
| LOS in hospital (days) | 19.7 ± 20.9 | 24.8 ± 18.4 | 0.006 |
BMI = Body mass index; CAD = coronary artery disease; CHF = congestive heart failure; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA = cerebral vascular accident; DM = diabetes mellitus; ESRD = end-stage renal disease; GNRI =Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index; HTN = Hypertension; ISS = injury severity score; LOS = length of stay.