Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 1765 patients in the development cohort and 1728 patients in the validation cohort classified by mortality status.

From: Development and validation of a prognostic model for predicting 30-day mortality risk in medical patients in emergency department (ED)

Characteristics

Development cohort

Validation cohort

Survivors

Deceased

Survivors

Deceased

Number of patients

1592

173

1593

135

Number of man (%)

716 (45.0)

98 (56.6)*

704 (44.2)

65 (48.1)

Age (years)

68 [55, 80]

71 [59, 81]

64 [51, 77]

74 [60, 83]**

Pulse (per min)

90 [79, 103]

100 [83, 115]**

87 [78, 101]

100 [85, 112]**

Body temperature (oC)

37.1 [37.0, 37.7]

37.3 [37.0, 38.1]*

37.0 [37.0, 37.5]

37.0 [37.0, 37.5]

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

139 [120, 159]

131 [110, 158]*

135 [120, 150]

130 [104, 150]**

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

80 [70, 90]

78 [63, 90]

80 [70, 90]

75 [61, 88]*

Respiratory rate (breaths/min)

22 [20, 26]

26 [22, 30]**

22 [20, 24]

24 [20, 26]**

Peripheral oxygen saturation (%)

97 [94, 99]

94 [87, 97]**

99 [97, 99]

96 [90, 99]**

Duration of illness (days)

1 [0, 3]

1 [0, 2]

0 [0, 2]

0 [0, 2]

Glasgow Coma Score

15 [15, 15]

15 [10, 15]**

15 [15, 15]

15 [15, 15]**

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

1 (0.1)

3 (1.7)*

0 (0.0)

2 (1.5)*

Mechanical ventilation (n; %)

14 (0.9)

25 (14.5)**

5 (0.3)

8 (5.9)**

Admitted intensive care unit (n; %)

32 (2.0)

63 (36.4)**

40 (2.5)

31 (23.0)**

Functional status

Independent (n; %)

1373 (86.2)

138 (79.8)*

1346 (84.5)

97 (71.9)**

Partially dependent (n; %)

164 (10.3)

21 (12.1)

184 (11.6)

23 (17.0)

Completely dependent (n; %)

55 (3.5)

14 (8.1)

63 (4.0)

15 (11.1)

Length of stay (days)

7 [4, 10]

3 [1, 8]**

5 [3, 7]

5 [2, 10]

Immunocompromised by agent (n; %)

28 (1.8)

4 (2.3)

5 (0.3)

1 (0.7)

Lymphoma (n; %)

2 (0.1)

1 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Leukemia or myeloma (n; %)

8 (0.5)

3 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.7)

Cancer (n; %)

18 (1.1)

5 (2.9)

9 (0.6)

3 (2.2)

Chronic renal failure (n; %)

67 (4.2)

10 (5.8)

56 (3.5)

11 (8.1)*

Chronic respiratory failure (n; %)

88 (5.5)

19 (11.0)*

135 (8.5)

19 (14.1)*

Cirrhosis with ascites (n; %)

44 (2.8)

10 (5.8)*

38 (2.4)

7 (5.2)

Heart failure (n; %)

87 (5.5)

24 (13.9)**

272 (17.1)

35 (25.9)*

Diabetes mellitus (n; %)

539 (33.9)

75 (43.4)*

206 (12.9)

16 (11.9)

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

12.3 [10.7, 13.6]

12.0 [9.9, 13.4]*

Leukocyte (x 103/μL)

9.2 [7.2, 12.4]

11.7 [8.5, 16.0]**

Platelet (x 103/ μL)

222 [171, 277]

203 [117, 258]**

Serum urea (mmol/L)

5.7 [4.2, 8.2]

7.9 [5.0, 13.7]**

5.1 [3.7, 7.3]

7.2 [4.6, 11.7]**

Glycaemia (mmol/L)

6.2 [5.3, 7.9]

7.4 [5.8, 10.2]**

6.5 [5.5, 8.3]

7.1 [5.9, 9.3]*

Serum creatinine (μmol/L)

94 [79, 118]

112 [91, 158]**

100 [84, 122]

123 [89, 170]**

Serum albumin (g/L)

38 [34, 42]

34 [29, 40]**

40 [36, 44]

35 [28, 39]**

AST (UI/L)

27 [21, 41]

42 [26, 90]**

ALT (UI/L)

21 [14, 35]

26 [17, 47]**

19 [13, 30]

23 [14, 45]*

hsCRP (mg/dL)

0.5 [0.1, 3.0]

1.5 [0.4, 7.9]**

0.6 [0.2, 2.6]

2.6 [0.7, 9.5]**

A1c (%)

5.9 [5.4, 6.7]

6.3 [5.6, 7.2]**

  1. *P-value < 0.05. **P-value ≤ 0.001.
  2. AST, aspartate aminotransferase. ALT, alanine aminotransferase. hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. A1c, glycated haemoglobin.