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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Influence of fluid balance on the prognosis of patients with sepsis

 

Negative Balance

Positive Balance

p

 

12,252

7305

 

Age (year)

66.00 (54.00, 77.00)

68.00 (56.00, 79.00)

<0.001

Gender (%)

   

male

6475 (52.8)

3774 (51.7)

0.112

female

5777 (47.2)

3531 (48.3)

 

Height (cm)

170.00 (162.00, 177.80)

167.60 (160.00, 177.80)

<0.001

Weight (kg)

79.30 (65.40, 98.10)

77.20 (63.52, 95.50)

<0.001

Severe Score

   

Apache IV

64.00 (49.00, 81.00)

67.00 (52.00, 85.00)

<0.001

Sofa

6.00 (4.00, 8.00)

7.00 (5.00, 9.00)

<0.001

Unit type (%)

   

Med-Surg ICU/SICU/MICU

9934 (81.1)

5764 (78.9)

<0.001

Cardiac ICU/CCU-CTICU/CSICU/CTICU

1968 (16.1)

1222 (16.7)

 

Neuro ICU

350 ( 2.9)

319 ( 4.4)

 

Source of sepsis (%)

   

Lung

5919 (48.3)

3065 (42.0)

<0.001

Urinary tract

2181 (17.8)

1562 (21.4)

 

Abdomen

1333 (10.9)

925 (12.7)

 

Skin/Bone/Joint

964 ( 7.9)

550 ( 7.5)

 

Others

1855 (15.1)

1203 (16.5)

 

Ventilator (%)

   

no

6170 (50.4)

4177 (57.2)

<0.001

yes

6082 (49.6)

3128 (42.8)

 

Vasopressor (%)

   

no

9547 (77.9)

5544 (75.9)

0.001

yes

2705 (22.1)

1761 (24.1)

 

Dialysis (%)

   

no

11,963 (97.6)

7234 (99.0)

<0.001

yes

289 ( 2.4)

71 ( 1.0)

 

Comorbidity

   

Stroke (%)

   

no

11,001 (89.8)

6490 (88.8)

0.040

yes

1251 (10.2)

815 (11.2)

 

Congestive heart failure (%)

   

no

9854 (80.4)

5963 (81.6)

0.041

yes

2398 (19.6)

1342 (18.4)

 

Hypertension (%)

   

no

5350 (43.7)

3479 (47.6)

<0.001

yes

6902 (56.3)

3826 (52.4)

 

COPD (%)

   

no

9458 (77.2)

5835 (79.9)

<0.001

yes

2794 (22.8)

1470 (20.1)

 

Renal failure (%)

   

no

11,449 (93.4)

6599 (90.3)

<0.001

yes

803 ( 6.6)

706 ( 9.7)

 

Liver disease (%)

   

no

11,869 (96.9)

6991 (95.7)

<0.001

yes

383 ( 3.1)

314 ( 4.3)

 

Diabetes (%)

   

no

8211 (67.0)

4865 (66.6)

0.557

yes

4041 (33.0)

2440 (33.4)

 

Cancer (%)

   

no

10,166 (83.0)

6021 (82.4)

0.333

yes

2086 (17.0)

1284 (17.6)

 

Length of stay

   

Hospital los (day)

8.29 (5.11, 14.01)

7.87 (4.82, 13.41)

<0.001

In-hospital mortality (%)

   

no

10,801 (88.2)

6106 (83.6)

<0.001

yes

1451 (11.8)

1199 (16.4)