Table 3 Baseline characteristics in the matched cohort 2, male versus female VIPs.

From: Sex-specific outcome disparities in very old patients admitted to intensive care medicine: a propensity matched analysis

 

Male

Female

p value

n = 3142

n = 3142

Age

Mean (± SD)

84 (5)

84 (6)

0.61

Age > 90 n (%)

213 (7%)

207 (7%)

0.80

Frailty score—CFS

Mean (± SD)

4 (3)

4 (3)

0.60

Frailty (CFS > 4) n (%)

1355 (43%)

1406 (45%)

0.20

ADL

Mean (± SD)

6 (2)

6 (2)

0.40

Disablitiy (ADL ≤ 4)

390 (27%)

366 (27%)

0.73

IQCODE

Mean (± SD)

3.2 (0.7)

3.3 (0.7)

0.41

Cognitive decline (IQCODE ≥ 3.5)

392 (32%)

390 (33%)

0.38

SOFA score

Mean (± SD)

7 (6)

6 (6)

0.48

ICU length of stay (hours)

Mean (± SD)

78 (136)

72 (133)

0.007

Treatment withdraw and/or withold (%)

1077 (34%)

1080 (34%)

0.96

NIV n (%)

779 (25%)

792 (25%)

0.73

Intubation n (%)

1566 (50%)

1548 (49%)

0.67

Renal replacement therapy n (%)

287 (9%)

285 (9%)

0.93

Vasoactive drugs n (%)

1825 (58%)

1819 (58%)

0.90

Admission diagnosis

Respiratory failure

766 (24%)

781 (25%)

 

Circulatory failure

453 (14%)

441 (14%)

Combined circulatory and respiratory failure

361 (12%)

362 (12%)

Sepsis

406 (13%)

418 (13%)

Multitrauma w/o head injury

53 (2%)

57 (2%)

Trauma with head injury

51 (2%)

50 (2%)

Head injury

79 (3%)

80 (3%)

Intoxication

7 (< 1%)

7 (< 1%)

Cerebral injury (non-traumatic)

200 (6%)

195 (6%)

Emergency surgery

397 (13%)

375 (12%)

Other

369 (12%)

376 (12%)

Other

369 (12%)

376 (12%)

  1. CFS Clinical Frailty Scale, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, ADL Activity of Daily Life measured with the Katz Index, IQCODE Informant Questionnaire on COgnitive Decline in the Elderly, ICU intensive care unit, NIV Non-invasive ventilation, SD standard deviation.