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. 2021 Jul 1;92(3):e2021269. doi: 10.23750/abm.v92i3.11609

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data.

Overall
n = 47		 DD
n = 20		 noDD
n = 27		 p
Age, years (mean ± SD) 65.5±14.8 64.5±15.3 66.2±14.8 0.7
Gender, male % 57.4 55 59.3 1
BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD) 26.9±3.7 26.6±3.9 27.1±3.7 0.7
Patient type (%):
Surgical

  1. OLTx or hepatectomy (14.9%)

  2. Other (23.4%)

Medical

  1. Heart failure (8.5%)

  2. Pneumonia (23.4%)

  3. Other (29.8%)

 38.3
61.7		 55
45		 25.9
74.1		 0.068
SAPS II (mean ± SD) 44.0±12.3 40.9±8.1 46.5±14.6 0.14
Comorbidities (%):
HTNa
DM type II
Liver cirrhosis
Kidney failure
Oncologic
Ischemic heart disease
Atrial fibrillation
Hematological
COPD		 42.6
31.9
17.0
29.8
19.1
14.9
12.8
12.8
10.6

LEGEND: BMI, body mass index; OLTx, orthotopic liver transplantation; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; HTNa, arterial hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DD, patients with diaphragm dysfunction; noDD, patients without diaphragm dysfunction.