Quality of life after stay in surgical intensive care unit

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Table 2 Comparison of characteristics between respondents and non-respondents

Variable	Respondents (n = 226)	Non-respondents (n = 69)	p value
Age in years, median (P25–75)	65(55–72)	65(52–75)	0.062^b
Age group, n (%)
≥ 65 years	112(50)	34(49)
< 65 years	114(50)	35(51)
Sex, n (%)			0.183^a
Male	145 (64)	49 (71)
Female	81(36)	20 (29)
Body Mass Index in Kg/m², median (P25–P75)	24.8 (22.6–28.1)	25.7 (23.0–27.8)	0.461^b
ASA physical status, n (%)			0.894^a
I	14 (6)	6 (9)
II	90 (40)	26(38)
III	107 (47)	33 (48)
IV	15 (7)	4(6)
Type of surgery, n (%)			0.459^a
Emergent	33 (15)	9(13)
Scheduled	193 (85)	60 (87)
Magnitude of surgery, n (%)			0.178^a
Minor	18 (8)	8 (12)
Medium	96 (42)	21(30)
Major	112 (50)	40(58)
SAPS II, median (P25–75)	20 (14 – 27)	18, (12 – 25)	0.606^b
Days of ICU length of stay, median (P25–75)	1 (0.81–2)	1 (0.88–3)	0.149^b
Days of ICU length of stay, n (%)
≤ 7 days	207 (92)	64 (93)
> 7 days	19 (8)	5 (7)
Days of hospital length of stay, median (P25–P75)	16 (9–26)	25 (23–28)	0.005^b

^a Pearson χ². ^b Mann-Whitney test.
BMI, Body Mass Index; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score, ICU, Intensive Care Unit; LOS, Length of ICU stay; P25 and P75 are the 25^th and 75^th percentiles.

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