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Table 1 Patient characteristics and radiological findings

From: Decreasing skeletal muscle as a risk factor for mortality in elderly patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study

 

All patients

Group

P value

Survival

Deceased

Number of patients

150

92

58

 

Location of death

 ICU

  

44

 

 After transferred to general floor

 

14

 

Age (years)

75 [68, 82]

74 [67, 81]

77 [71, 83]

0.13

Sex, men (%)

103 (69)

63 (69)

40 (69)

0.99

GCS

14 [9, 15]

14 [10, 15]

12 [7, 15]

0.21

Lactate on admission (mmol/L)

4.2 [2.3, 7.2]

3.9 [1.8, 6.3]

5.9 [2.4, 8.9]

0.053

Infection source (%)

   

0.33

 Lung

45 (30)

23 (25)

22 (38)

 

 Urinary tract

32 (21)

24 (26)

8 (14)

 

 Peritonitis/abscess

16 (11)

8 (9)

8 (14)

 

 Perforated viscus

15 (10)

10 (11)

5 (9)

 

 Cholecystitis/cholangitis

10 (7)

8 (9)

2 (3)

 

 Unknown

9 (6)

4 (4)

5 (9)

 

 NecFas/decubitus ulcer

8 (5)

5 (5)

3 (5)

 

 Ischemic bowel

5 (3)

3 (3)

2 (3)

 

 Colitis

5 (3)

4 (4)

1 (2)

 

 Blood stream infection

3 (1)

1 (1)

2 (3)

 

 Bone/joint

1 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

 

 CNS

1 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

 

SOFA score

9 [7, 12]

8 [7, 11]

10 [8, 12]

0.004

APACHE II score

24 [19, 30]

23 [18, 27]

26 [22, 34]

0.002

Body weight (kg)

54 [48, 60]

54 [48, 61]

54 [48, 58]

0.42

Skeletal muscle area (cm2)

41.6 [34.0, 48.1]

43.3 [36.5, 50.9]

36.8 [30.1, 43.2]

<0.001

Muscle attenuation (HU)

32.6 [24.1, 39.9]

33.2 [24.2, 40.0]

31.0 [23.6, 39.8]

0.38

LOS in ICU

8 [4, 15]

9 [6, 15]

5 [2, 14]

 

LOS in hospital

27 [7, 51]

40 [18, 62]

8 [3, 25]

 
  1. ICU intensive care unit, GCS Glasgow coma scale, NecFas necrotizing fasciitis, CNS central nervous system, SOFA Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment, APACHE II second version of the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, HU Hounsfield unit, LOS length of stay