Table 5.

Patient demographics versus ICNARC data

Characteristic	Audit sample (n=72)		ICNARC (n=10 624)
	n (%)	Median	n (%)	Median
Age		57–60		60
Gender (%)
Male	75 (66.7*)		70.2 (58.3*)
Female	25 (66.6*)		29.8 (64.9*)
Ethnicity
White	68.1		66.2
Asian	9.5		15.6
Black	11.8		9.6
Mixed/other	10.6		9.6
BMI (kg/m2) (%)
<18.5	0		0.8
18.5–24.9	18.0 (61.5*)		25.6 (59.5*)
25.0–29.9	47.2 (64.7*)		34.4 (57.9*)
30.0–40.0	29.2 (66.7*)		31.4 (63.6*)
≥40.0	5.6 (100*)		7.9 (65.3*)

*Survived critical care.

BMI, body mass index; ICNARC, Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre.