Skeletal muscle predicts ventilator-free days, ICU-free days, and mortality in elderly ICU patients

Table 3 Relationship of mortality to sarcopenia, total adiposity and visceral adiposity

Group classification	Proportion of deceased patients	P-value for proportion of deceased individuals between each group^a
Sarcopenic	32% (34/106)	0.018^b
Nonsarcopenic	14% (6/43)	0.018^b
Low total fat mass	32% (25/77)	0.11^c
High total fat mass	21% (14/68)	0.11^c
Low visceral fat mass	33% (26/78)	0.18^d
High visceral fat mass	20% (14/71)	0.18^d

^aStatistical significance was accepted at P ≤ 0.05. ^bP-value for proportion of deceased individuals between sarcopenic and nonsarcopenic patients. ^cP-value for proportion of deceased individuals between patients with low and high total fat mass. ^dP-value for proportion of deceased individuals between patients with low and high visceral fat mass.

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