Table 1 Comparison of hospital survivors vs.nonsurvivors

Male sex

59% (574)

62% (2,510)

0.11

APACHE II score

24.7 (8.0)

15.3 (6.7)

< 0.0001

Age (yr)

65.7 (16.0)

59.7 (18.9)

< 0.0001

Mechanical ventilation rate

84% (817)

60% (2443)

< 0.0001

Surgical patients

32% (307)

51% (2087)

< 0.0001

Diagnosis at admission

Cardiac and vascular

27% (265)

24% (979)

0.04

Thoracic and respiratory

20% (191)

18% (719)

0.16

Trauma

3% (27)

8% (343)

< 0.0001

Neurological

18% (175)

12% (485)

< 0.0001

Gastrointestinal tract diseases

13% (128)

21% (870)

< 0.0001

Other

19% (188)

16% (671)

0.04

Hospital stay (days)

10 (4 to 25)

15 (8 to 30)

< 0.0001

ICU stay (days)

3.0 (2.0 to 8.0)

3.0 (2.0 to 5.2)

< 0.0001

Number of measurements

8 (6 to 10)

7 (5 to 9)

< 0.0001

LAC_TW24 (mmom.L^-1)

2.20 (1.41 to 3.66)

1.41 (1.02 to 1.97)

< 0.0001

LAC_Δ24 (mmom.L^-1)

-0.21 (-1.66 to 0.73)

-0.30 (-1.18 to 0.24)

0.009

LAC_%Δ24

-13% (-49% to 42%)

-22% (-55% to 21%)

< 0.0001

LAC_ADM (mmom.L^-1)

2.36 (1.45 to 4.29)

1.6 (1.08 to 2.49)

< 0.0001

LAC_MIN24 (mmom.L^-1)

1.34 (0.92 to 2.16)

1.00 (0.74 to 1.31)

< 0.0001

LAC_MAX24 (mmom.L^-1)

3.44 (1.99 to 6.20)

2.02 (1.37 to 3.20)

< 0.0001