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Table 2 Baseline characteristics by gender

From: Short women with severe sepsis-related acute lung injury receive lung protective ventilation less frequently: an observational cohort study

Characteristic

Men (n = 238)

Women (n = 183)

P

Age (year)

55 ± 17

55 ± 17

0.71

Ethnicity (%)

   

   European-American

64

62

 

   African-American

36

38

0.80 †

Height (cm)

177 ± 8

162 ± 7

< 0.001

Body mass index (kg/m 2 ) a

28 ± 8

29 ± 9

0.65

APACHE II score

27 ± 8

29 ± 8

0.01

PaO 2 :FiO 2 b

135 ± 63

126 ± 63

0.08

  1. APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II
  2. *Continuous variables are reported as mean ± SD, and compared by Mann-Whitney test
  3. † By Chi-square test
  4. a n = 419, b n = 416