Table 1.
Selection of further demographic and disease characteristics of the survival cohort and deceased cohort in means of p-values.
| Survival Group Mean (SD) or n (%) |
Mortality Group Mean (SD) or n (%) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 64.4 (14.6) | 73.8 (9.9) | <0.001 |
| Body mass index | 28 (19.6) | 26.9 (7.5) | 0.75 |
| ICU stay (in days) | 7.1 (19.5) | 13.3 (11.1) | <0.001 |
| Transfusion (intra- and postoperative) | 1.2 (2.9) | 2.3 (3) | 0.14 |
| Creatinine preoperative | 1.2 (.9) | 2.4 (2.5) | <0.001 |
| Last Creatinine measurement | 1.1 (.9) | 1.8 (1) | <0.001 |
| Hb preoperative | 10.9 (1.9) | 10.1 (1.8) | 0.01 |
| Last Hb measurement | 9.5 (1.5) | 8.4 (1) | <0.001 |
| PCT preoperative | 1.1 (2) | 15.1 (33) | <0.001 |
| Last PCT measurement | 0.4 (.6) | 15.9 (50) | <0.001 |
| Leucocytes preoperative | 10.1 (5.8) | 12.8 (5.5) | 0.003 |
| Last Leucocyte measurement | 7 (2.6) | 19.7 (14.3) | <0.001 |
| Chronic heart disease | 35/50 (70) | 15/50 (30) | 0.001 |
| Chronic kidney failure | 44/65 (67.7) | 21/65 (32.3) | <0.001 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 13/22 (59) | 9/22 (41) | <0.001 |
| Acute kidney failure | 55/84 (65.5) | 29/84 (34.5) | <0.001 |
| Acute cardiac decompensation | 23/36 (63.9) | 13/36 (36) | <0.001 |
| Acute liver failure | 2/9 (22) | 7/9 (77.8) | <0.001 |
| Pneumonia | 30/41 (73) | 11/41 (26.8) | 0.028 |
ICU = Intensive care unit; Hb = hemoglobin; PCT = procalcitonin; SD = standard deviation.