Table 2 Demographic characteristics of prolonged mechanical ventilation patients with and without liver cirrhosis (LC).
From: Outcome of liver cirrhosis patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation
Before Matching | After Matching (1:2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-LC (N = 23806) | LC (N = 6059) | p-value | Non-LC (N = 8236) | LC (N = 4118) | p-value | |
Age, mean ± SD | 69.36 ± 12.46 | 68.27 ± 12.47 | <0.0001 | 71.28 ± 10.67 | 71.28 ± 10.67 | 1.0000 |
Gender, n(%) | ||||||
Male | 13658 (57.37) | 3730 (61.56) | <0.0001 | 5042(61.22) | 2521(61.22) | 1.0000 |
Female | 10148 (42.63) | 2329 (38.44) | 3194(38.78) | 1597(38.78) | ||
Comorbidity, n(%) | ||||||
hepatitis B virus | 198(0.79) | 96(1.58) | <0.0001 | 73(0.89) | 55(1.34) | 0.0201 |
hepatitis C virus | 109(0.46) | 84(1.39) | <0.0001 | 33(0.40) | 53(1.29) | <0.0001 |
Death, n(%) | ||||||
Survival | 19686 (82.69) | 4917 (81.15) | 0.0049 | 6744(81.88) | 3315(80.50) | 0.0622 |
Expired | 4120 (17.31) | 1142 (18.85) | 1492(18.12) | 803(19.50) | ||
