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Table 1 General characteristics of patients admitted to the ICU from 2011 to 2012 in 180 ICUs in Colombia

From: Effect of renal support therapy on 5-year survival in patients discharged from the intensive care unit

Baseline characteristics

 

Exposure status

 

Full sample

RRT

No RRT

Standardized differences

P value

n = 150,230

n = 4,366

n = 145,864

Age mean (SD)

60.7 (19.2)

67 (15.6)

60.5 (12.3)

0.373

0.001

Age, n (%)

 18–50

39,821 (26.5)

587 (13.4)

39,234 (26.9)

− 0.340

0.001

 51–60

22,677 (15.1)

567 (13)

22,110 (15.1)

− 0.062

0.001

 61–70

29,727 (19.8)

964 (22.1)

28,763 (19.7)

0.058

0.001

 61–70

32,225 (21.5)

1273 (29.2)

30,952 (21.2)

0.184

0.001

 71–80

21,951 (14.6)

886 (20.3)

21,065 (14.4)

0.155

0.001

 81–90

3784 (2.5)

88 (2.0)

3696 (2.5)

− 0.035

0.031

 91–100

45 (0.03)

1 (0.02)

44 (0.03)

− 0.004

0.785

Region, n (%)

 Atlantic

19,354 (12.8)

720 (16.4)

18,634 (12.8)

− 0.105

 

 Bogota

45,615 (30.4)

1,072(24.6)

44,543 (30.5)

− 0.134

0.001

 Central

34,241 (22.8)

1060 (24.3)

33,181 (22.8)

0.036

0.018

 Eastern

19,789 (13.2)

639 (14.6)

19,150 (13.1)

0.044

0.004

 Pacific

30,303 (20.1)

855 (19.6)

29,448 (20.2)

− 0.015

0.326

 Other

928 (0.62)

20 (0.46)

908 (0.62)

− 0.022

0.172

Female sex, n (%)

75,566 (51)

1786 (40,9)

74,789 (51.2)

0.209

0.001

Admission to ICU, n (%)

 Congestive heart failure

10,150 (6.8)

433 (9.9)

9717 (6.7)

0.118

0.001

 Trauma

6448 (4,3)

182 (4,2)

6266 (4.3)

− 0.006

0.68

 Sepsis

12,854 (8.6)

941 (21.6)

11,913 (8.2)

0.383

0.001

Comorbidities, n (%)

 Myocardial infarction

11,983 (8)

276 (6.3)

11,707 (8)

− 0.066

0.001

 Congestive heart failure

12,020 (8)

523 (11.9)

11,497 (7.9)

0.137

0.001

 Peripheral vascular disease

4977 (3.1)

183 (4.2)

4794 (3.4)

0.048

0.001

 Cerebrovascular disease

8043 (5.4)

281 (6.4)

7762 (5.3)

0.047

0.001

 Dementia

12,874 (8.6)

334 (7.7)

12,540 (8.6)

− 0.035

0.028

 Chronic pulmonary disease

26,218 (17.5)

882 (20.2)

25,336 (17.4)

0.073 hg

0.001

 Connective tissue disease

5278 (3.5)

211 (4.8)

5067 (3.5)

0.068

0.001

 Peptic ulcer disease

17,101 (11.4)

555 (12.7)

16,546 (11.3)

0.042

0.05

 Mild liver disease

1290 (0.9)

68 (1.6)

1222 (0.84)

0.066

0.001

 Diabetes mellitus

28801 (19.2)

1463 (33.5)

27,338 (18.7)

0.341

0.001

 Metastasis solid tumor

4141 (2.7)

119 (2.7)

4022 (2.8)

− 0.002

0.9

 AIDS

682 (0.5)

16 (0.4)

666 (0.5)

− 0.014

0.38

 Any tumour

1004 (0.7)

38 (0.9)

966 (0.7)

0.024

0.09

 Hypertension

78,898 (52.2)

2904 (66.5)

75,994 (52.1)

0.297

0.001

Mortality, n (%)

 Discharge from ICU

12,391 (8.3)

1547 (35)

10,844 (7.4)

 

0.001

 1 year

28,243 (18.8)

2507 (57.4)

25,736 (17.6)

 

0.001

 5 year

46,809 (31.2)

2966 (67.9)

43,843 (30.1)

 

0.001

 ICU stay, mean (SD)

7.1(95)

9.9 (275)

7.0 (96)

 

0.001

 Follow-up time, years

4.5 (2.4)

2.3 (2.7)

4.6 (2.4)

 

0.001

  1. To calculate P values, the chi-squared test was used for categorical variables and Student’s t test for continuous variables