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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population as a whole, group (dIVC <18%) and group (dIVC >18%)

From: The gray zone of the qualitative assessment of respiratory changes in inferior vena cava diameter in ICU patients

 

All patients (n= 97)

dIVC < 18% (n= 71)

dIVC ≥ 18% (n= 26)

P value

Age (years)

67 ± 13

67 ± 13

68 ± 11

0.57

Weight (kg)

74 ± 15

75 ± 15

71 ± 14

0.16

Height (m)

1.69 ± 0.09

1.70 ± 0.08

1.67 ± 0.09

0.1

BMI (kg/m2)

25.6 ± 3.8

25.8 ± 3.8

25.2 ± 3.7

0.45

SAPS II

40 ± 13

40 ± 12

42 ± 15

0.55

  1. dIVC inferior vena cava distensibility index, BMI, body mass index; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score.