Table 4.
Anthropometric, admission laboratory data and main clinical outcomes in non-ICU and ICU patient’s subgroups
| Non-ICU (n=157) | ICU (n=74) | ||||||||||||||
| n | % | Mean | SD | Med | 25 | 75 | n | % | Mean | SD | Med | 25 | 75 | P | |
| Age (years) | 66.1 | 10.6 | 68.0 | 60.0 | 72.0 | 59.4 | 9.9 | 61.0 | 53.0 | 65.0 | |||||
| Weight (kg) | 86.6 | 20.8 | 84.0 | 75.0 | 97.0 | 85.1 | 15.5 | 84.5 | 74.6 | 91.1 | |||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30.1 | 6.6 | 29.1 | 25.8 | 33.1 | 29.9 | 6.7 | 28.0 | 25.7 | 31.6 | 0.673 | ||||
| Hospital stay | 18.9 | 13.2 | 16.0 | 9.0 | 25.0 | 39.3 | 31.8 | 28.5 | 18.3 | 58.8 | |||||
| Admission -NIV | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | |||||
| NIV duration | 7.1 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 9.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | |||||
| Gender (F) | 61 | 38.9 | 21 | 28.4 | |||||||||||
| Mortality | 90 | 57.3 | 40 | 54.1 | |||||||||||
n, number; SD, standard deviation Med, median; 25, 25th percentile; 75, 75th percentile; ICU, intensive care unit; BMI, body mass index; NIV, non-invasive ventilation; F, female; Admission-NIV, NIV duration, are expressed in days.