Table 3.
Characteristics of patients stratified by tracheostomy before and after propensity score matching.
| Unmached |
Matched(1:1) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracheostomy (n = 27) |
No tracheostomy (n = 64) | P | Tracheostomy (n = 27) |
No tracheostomy (n = 27) |
P | |
| Age, median (IQR) | 67 (55, 70) | 68 (59.25, 73) | 0.235 | 67 (55,70) | 64 (55,73) | 0.742 |
| Male gender, n (%) | 16(59.3%) | 36(56.3%) | 0.682 | 16(59.3%) | 18(66.7%) | 0.778 |
| Duration from illness onset to intubation (days) | 21 (13, 27) | 19 (15,28) | 0.814 | 21(13,27) | 21(15, 28) | 0.723 |
| Leukocyte, median (IQR) | 9.6 (7.28, 15.21) | 15.42 (10.58, 19.55) | 0.004 | 9.6(7.28, 15.21) | 12.2(8.25, 17.59) | 0.183 |
| Neutrophil, median (IQR) | 7.62 (6.25, 13.4) | 13.76 (9.54, 18.10) | 0.001 | 7.62(6.25,13.4) | 11.34(7.57, 15.56) | 0.085 |
| lymphocyte, median (IQR) | 0.71 (0.47, 0.79) | 0.57 (0.42, 0.75) | 0.328 | 0.71(0.47,0.79) | 0.57(0.44, 0.76) | 0.489 |
| Procalcitonin, median (IQR) | 0.58 (0.21, 1.26) | 0.33 (0.11, 0.93) | 0.192 | 0.58(0.21, 1.26) | 0.36(0.1, 2.69) | 0.533 |
| Any comorbidity, n (%) | ||||||
| Hypertension | 16(59.3%) | 26 (40.2%) | 0.08 | 16(59.2%) | 13(48.1%) | 0.384 |
| Diabetes | 10(37%) | 14 (21.9%) | 0.215 | 10(37%) | 7(25.9%) | 0.558 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 5 (22.2%) | 5 (7.8%) | 0.155 | 5(22.2%) | 4(14.8%) | 1.000 |
| Malignancy | 2(7.4%) | 5 (7.8%) | 1.000 | 2(7.4%) | 2(7.4%) | 1.000 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 9 (33.3%) | 15 (23.4%) | 0.796 | 9(33.3%) | 8(29.6%) | 1.000 |