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. 2021 Mar;13(3):1564–1575. doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-2622

Table 2. Univariate analysis of activities of daily living scale scores [M (P25–P75)].

Variable ADL scale KW/Z/r P value
Sex
   Male 16.00 (14.00–20.75) −2.303 0.021*
   Female 14.00 (14.00–17.00)
Age (years)
   <60 14.00 (14.00–16.00) −4.655 0.001**
   ≥60 19.00 (14.00–22.75)
Education
   Primary school and below 19.00 (14.00–28.00) 11.680 0.003**
   Junior school 14.50 (14.00–18.75)
   High school and above 16.00 (14.00–17.00)
ICU admission diagnosis
   Severe pneumonia 16.00 (14.00–21.25) 30.900 0.001**
   Cardiac surgery 14.00 (14.00–17.00)
   Other surgical 14.00 (14.00–16.00)
   Lung transplantation 17.00 (16.00–19.75)
   AECOPD 26.00 (19.00–36.00)
   Others 15.00 (14.00–18.00)
Length of MV (days)§
   2–7 15.50 (14.00–19.00) 4.326 0.115
   8–14 15.00 (14.00–19.25)
   ≥15 17.00 (14.50–21.00)
ICU length of stay (days)
   2–7 14.50 (14.00–19.00) 2.277 0.320
   8–14 16.00 (14.00–20.00)
   ≥15 16.00 (14.00–21.00)
Hospital length of stay (days)
   ≤14 16.50 (14.00–19.75) 0.071 0.965
   15–28 15.50 (14.00–21.00)
   ≥29 16.00 (14.00–19.00)
APACHE II 0.211 0.017*

, KW or Z value—independent sample rank sum tests (Kruskal-Wallis H); , r value—Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient [correlation analysis of APACHE II (non-normally distributed data) and ADL]; §MV, mechanical ventilation; AECOPD, acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; APACHE II, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; *, P<0.05; **, P<0.01.