Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: A cohort study investigating the occurrence of differences in care provided to men and women in an intensive care unit

 

Women

Men

pa

Sex (n = 9017)

3289 (36.5)

5728 (63.5)

 

Age median (IQR) (n = 9017)

61 (41–72)

59 (41–70)

0.001

Age (%)

≤ 40

796 (24.2)

1375 (24.0)

 

41–60

811 (24.7)

1631 (28.5)

 

61–80

1344 (40.9)

2330 (40.7)

 

81–90

309 (9.4)

375 (6.6)

 

91–110

29 (0.9)

17 (0.3)

 

CCI, median (IQR)

2(0–4)

2 (0–4)

0.03

CCI categories

0

1059 (32.1)

1955 (33.9)

 

1–2

981 (29.7)

1654 (28.7)

 

3–4

481 (14.6)

889 (15.4)

 

> 5

780 (23.6)

1268 (22.0)

 

SAPS 3, median (IQR) (n = 6359)

55 (42–68)

54 (41–68)

0.73

APACHE II, median (IQR) (n = 4251)

11 (6–18)

11 (6–17)

0.59

EMR, median (IQR) (n = 8898)

11.1 (3.1–29.9)

9.9 (2.9–29.1)

0.03

ICU diagnosis, No. (%)

Cardiovascular

490 (14.8)

894 (15.5)

0.4b

Respiratory

746 (22.6)

1053 (18.2)

0.000b

Gastrointestinal

204 (6.2)

354 (6.1)

0.93b

Renal

53 (1.6)

100 (1.7)

0.65b

Sepsis/septic shock

419 (12.7)

617 (10.2)

0.004b

Neurological

71 (2.2)

82 (1.4)

0.01b

Trauma

526 (15.9)

1731 (30.0)

0.000b

Intoxication

183 (5.5)

256 (4.4)

0.018b

Other

246 (7.4)

316 (5.5)

0.000b

  1. Continuous parameters presented as median (IQR). Categorical parameters presented as number (%) unless indicated otherwise.
  2. CCI Charlson Co-morbidity Index; SAPS 3 Simplified Acute Physiology Score; APACHE II Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; IQR Interquartile Range; ICU Intensive care unit; EMR Estimated Mortality Risk.
  3. aWilcoxon rank-sum test, bChi-square test.
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