Variables | With intensive care | Without intensive care | ||||
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 | Men ( n = 3,713) | Women ( n = 2,169) | P Value | Men ( n = 464) | Women ( n = 275) | P Value |
Age, years | 65 (49-77) | 71 (56-80) | < 0.001 | 70 (52-79) | 72 (57-82) | 0.032 |
   ≥ 65 | 50.9 | 62.9 | < 0.001 | 59.9 | 62.2 | 0.542 |
Surgical condition | 57.7 | 54.5 | 0.018 | 36.0 | 36.7 | 0.841 |
Cormorbidity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Charlson Comorbidity Index | 1 (0-2) | 1 (0-2) | 0.080 | 1 (0-2) | 1 (1-2) | 0.132 |
   COPD | 8.9 | 4.4 | < 0.001 | 16.2 | 12.0 | 0.121 |
   Congestive heart failure | 7.3 | 11.2 | < 0.001 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 0.393 |
   Cerebrovascular disease | 17.1 | 19.3 | 0.034 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 0.236 |
Cancer | 14.6 | 11.0 | < 0.001 | 22.2 | 23.3 | 0.736 |
   Principal diagnoses |  |  | 0.664 |  |  | 0.734 |
   Respiratory | 19.8 | 19.3 |  | 33.3 | 32.1 |  |
Non-respiratory | 80.2 | 80.7 | Â | 66.7 | 67.9 | Â |
Number of organ dysfunction | 1 (1-1) | 1 (1-1) | 0.779 | 1 (1-1) | 1 (1-1) | 0.284 |
Hospital level | Â | Â | 0.085 | Â | Â | 0.905 |
   Medical center | 41.4 | 41.4 |  | 58.0 | 56.7 |  |
   Regional hospital | 45.2 | 43.2 |  | 24.4 | 25.8 |  |
   District hospital | 13.4 | 15.4 |  | 17.7 | 17.5 |  |
Types of mechanical ventilation | Â | Â | < 0.001 | Â | Â | 0.001 |
   NIV-only | 2.3 | 4.3 |  | 32.5 | 42.5 |  |
   NIV/INV | 9.3 | 9.7 |  | 1.1 | 3.3 |  |
   INV-only | 88.3 | 86.0 |  | 66.4 | 54.2 |  |
Resource use | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Duration of MV | 3 (1-8) | 3 (1-8) | 0.831 | 1 (1-4) | 2 (1-4) | 0.954 |
   ICU LOS, days | 4 (2-9) | 4 (2-9) | 0.860 | 0 | 0 | - |
   Hospital LOS, days | 17 (8-30) | 16 (8-29) | 0.863 | 10 (5-19) | 11 (6-19) | 0.842 |
Hospital mortality | 27.2 | 28.0 | 0.321 | 34.3 | 28.7 | 0.098 |