Patients with normal level | Patients with low level | Patients with low level | Patients with low level | |||
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(n = 553) | (n = 227) | P valueb | Died during the study (n = 38) | Survived (n = 189) | P valuec | |
Marital statea | 0.004 | 0.694 | ||||
Married/cohabit | 372 (68.1) | 124 (54.6) | 22 (59.5) | 102 (54.8) | ||
Single | 146 (26.7) | 85 (37.4) | 12 (32.4) | 73 (39.2) | ||
Widow/widower | 28 (5.1) | 14 (6.2) | 3 (8.1) | 11 (5.9) | ||
Employment before ICUa | 0.456 | 0.252 | ||||
Employed/leader | 261 (49.1) | 106 (46.7) | 12 (36.4) | 94 (53.1) | ||
Retired | 222 (41.7) | 75 (33.0) | 17 (51.5) | 58 (32.8) | ||
Other | 49 (9.3) | 29 (12.7) | 4 (12.1) | 25 (14.2) | ||
Sick leave before ICU | 63 (11.4) | 46 (20.3) | 0.001 | 0.144 | ||
Born in Swedena | 504 (91.3) | 199 (87.7) | 0.163 | 35 (92.1) | 164 (87.2) | 0.398 |
Education | ||||||
Higher than compulsory schoola | 353 (64.4) | 146 (65.2) | 0.841 | 27 (71.1) | 119 (64.0) | 0.404 |
High School/university | 131 (24.0) | 56 (24.7) | 0.841 | 10 (26.3) | 46 (24.3) | 0.796 |