Table 1.

Comparison of demographic, and clinical characteristics of all cases included in the study.

	Survivors (n=52)	Non-survivors (n=82)	p value
Age, years	65 (52-75)	72 (63-81)	0.016*
Male gender, n (%)	29 (55.8)	52 (63.4)	0.379
Hypertension, n (%)	29 (55.8)	46 (56.1)	0.970
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	19 (36.5)	26 (31.7)	0.565
Chronic obstructive lung disease, n (%)	4 (7.7)	13 (15.9)	0.154
Asthma, n (%)	2 (3.8)	2 (2.4)	0.641
Chronic renal failure, n (%)	9 (17.3)	22 (26.8)	0.196
Cerebrovascular accident, n (%)	3 (5.8)	7 (8.5)	0.740
Congestive heart failure, n (%)	17 (32.7)	34 (41.5)	0.306

Continuous variables are presented as median values and interquartile ranges (IQR), and nominal variables as frequencies.

*p<0.05