Table 1 Basic characteristics of patients. Numbers and percentages (in parentheses) are given, or median values and quartiles (in parentheses), where appropriate. Comparisons between groups were performed with the Mann–Whitney U-test or the chi-square statistics or Fisher´s exact test, depending on the type of variable and design. *Percentages refer to the respective column depending on available data per category. 1 Comparison between non-transferred patients without any ICU stay and transferred patients without any ICU stay. 2 Comparison between non-transferred patients with any ICU stay and transferred patients with any ICU stay. If not indicated otherwise, data from all n = 760 patients were available. ICU patients comprise those with ECMO therapy.
All patients n = 760 | Patients without ICU stay, n = 545 | Patients with ICU stay, n = 215 | |||||
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Non-transferred* n = 458 | Transferred* n = 87 | p-value1 | Non-transferred n = 100 | Transferred n = 115 | p-value2 | ||
Sex | 0.349 | 0.085 | |||||
Female | 328 (43.2%) | 21 (45.9%) | 45 (51.7%) | 40 (40.0%) | 33 (28.7%) | ||
Male | 432 (56.8%) | 248 (54.1%) | 42 (48.3%) | 60 (60.0%) | 82 (71.3%) | ||
Age (years) | 69.0 (53.0–81.0) | 69.0 (51.0–82.0) | 81.0 (72.0–87.0) | < 0.001 | 69.0 (52.5–77.0) | 62.0 (55.0–73.0) | 0.170 |
Age ≥ 65 years | 427 (56.2%) | 252 (55.0%) | 73 (83.9%) | < 0.001 | 56 (56.0%) | 46 (40.0%) | 0.021 |
Bmi (kg/m2) (n = 360) | 27.4 (24.2–32.4) | 26.4 (23.3–32.0) | 26.3 (23.7–31.1) | 0.985 | 28.4 (26.0–34.3) | 29.4 (27.5–34.0) | 0.537 |
Living situation (n = 486) | < 0.001 | 0.653 | |||||
Alone | 79 (16.3%) | 41 (13.6%) | 22 (38.6%) | 8 (13.1%) | 8 (12.1%) | ||
Shared household | 361 (74.3%) | 228 (75.5%) | 29 (50.9%) | 50 (82.0%) | 54 (81.8%) | ||
Care-dependent | 46 (9.5%) | 33 (10.9%) | 6 (10.5%) | 3 (4.9%) | 4 (6.1%) | ||
