Characteristics of Adult Sepsis Patients in the Intensive Care Units in a Tertiary Hospital in Jordan: An Observational Study
Table 3
Demographics and comorbidities of sepsis and nonsepsis patients.
Characteristics
Sepsis
Nonsepsis
-value1
N = 45 (23.2%)
N = 149 (76.8%)
Age at admission
66.5 ± 13.60 (67)
57.9 ± 16.50 (60)
0.002
Sex:
Male
24 (53.3%)
83 (55.7%)
0.865
Female
21 (46.7%)
66 (44.3%)
BMI
29.2 ± 9.10 (27.8)
28.5 ± 5.90 (27.7)
0.978
Smoking status:
Nonsmoker
27 (60%)
90 (60.4%)
0.107
Smoker
9 (20%)
45 (30.2%)
Ex-smoker
9 (20%)
14 (9.4%)
Comorbidities2:
Number of comorbidities
2.27 ± 1.51(2)
1.27 ± 1.09 (1)
<0.001
None
6 (13.3%)
39 (26.2%)
1-3
28 (62.2%)
105 (70.5%)
≥4
11(24.4%)
5 (3.4%)
Types:
CVD
9 (20.0%)
12 (8.1%)
0.031
Dementia
0 (0%)
3 (2.0%)
1.000
Liver diseases
1 (2.20%)
2 (1.3%)
0.549
Peptic ulcer
0 (0%)
4 (2.7%)
0.575
CTD
0 (0%)
1 (0.7%)
1.000
Cancer
14 (31.1%)
29 (19.5%)
0.106
Renal diseases
22 (48.9%)
18 (12.1%)
<0.001
IHD
10 (22.2%)
27 (18.1%)
0.523
Heart failure
12 (26.7%)
19 (12.8%)
0.036
Diabetes
27 (60.0%)
66 (44.3%)
0.088
COPD
7 (15.6%)
8 (5.4%)
0.049
Hypertension
29 (64.4%)
82 (55.0%)
0.304
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.
