Characteristics of Adult Sepsis Patients in the Intensive Care Units in a Tertiary Hospital in Jordan: An Observational Study
Table 1
Demographics and comorbidities of the study cohort divided by outcome.
Characteristic
Entire cohort
Survivors
Nonsurvivors
-value1
N = 194
N = 159 (82.0%)
N = 35 (18.0%)
Age
59.9 ± 16.30 (62)
58.8 ± 16.60 (61)
65.2 ± 13.60 (67)
0.049
Sex:
Male
107 (55.2%)
88 (82.2%)
19 (17.8%)
1.000
Female
87 (44.8%)
71 (81.6%)
16 (18.4%)
BMI
28.7 ± 6.80 (27.7)
28.5 ± 6.10 (27.6)
29.6 ± 9.30 (27.7)
0.670
Smoking status:
Nonsmoker
117 (60.3%)
95 (81.2%)
22 (18.8%)
0.962
Smoker
54 (27.8%)
45 (83.3%)
9 (16.7%)
Ex-smoker
23 (11.9%)
19 (82.6%)
4 (17.4%)
Comorbidities2:
Number of comorbidities
1.5 ± 1.3(1)
1.31 ± 1.14(1)
2.34 ± 1.47(2)
<0.001
None
45 (23.2%)
42 (93.3%)
3 (6.7%)
1-3
133 (68.6%)
110 (82.7%)
23 (17.3%)
≥4
16 (8.2%)
7 (43.8%)
9 (56.2%)
Types:
CVD
21 (10.8%)
11 (52.4%)
10 (47.6%)
0.001
Dementia
3 (1.5%)
3 (100%)
0 (0%)
1.000
Liver diseases
3 (1.5%)
2 (66.7%)
1 (33.3%)
0.451
Peptic ulcer
4 (2.1%)
4 (100%)
0 (0%)
1.000
Connective tissue diseases
1 (0.5%)
1 (100%)
0 (0%)
1.000
Cancer
43 (22.2%)
33 (76.7%)
10 (23.3%)
0.369
Renal diseases
40 (20.6%)
23 (57.5%)
17 (42.5%)
<0.001
IHD
37 (19.1%)
28 (75.7%)
9 (24.3%)
0.340
Heart failure
31 (16.0%)
25 (80.6%)
6 (19.4%)
0.802
Diabetes
93 (47.9%)
71 (76.3%)
22 (23.7%)
0.062
COPD
15 (7.7%)
8 (53.3%)
7 (46.6%)
0.008
Hypertension
111 (57.2%)
86 (77.5%)
25 (22.5%)
0.088
All results are presented as count and percent (n (%)) for categorical variables and mean ± SD (median) for continuous variables. 1Statistically significant values are shown in bold. 2Total >100% since more than one comorbidity or reason for admission were considered for the same patient. Measurement unit: age: years, BMI: kg/m2. BMI: body mass index, CVD: cerebrovascular diseases, CTD: connective tissue disease, IHD: ischemic heart disease, and COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
