Table 3 Descriptive comparison of ICU, hospital and sepsis mortality rates by χ2-test and median ICU and hospital length of stay (LOS) analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test
From: Vitamin D status and its association with season, hospital and sepsis mortality in critical illness
n | ICU mortality | Hospital mortality | Sepsis mortality | ICU LOS | Hospital LOS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | P | n (%) | P | n (%) | P | Median (iqr) | P | Median (iqr) | P | ||
Overall | 655 | 88 (13.4%) | 135 (20.6%) | 20 (3.1%) | 6.0 (5.1) | 14.9 (12.4) | |||||
Vitamin D classification (ng/ml) | |||||||||||
deficiency, <20 | 394 | 58 (14.7%) | 0.344 | 96 (24.4%) | 0.012 | 19 (4.8%) | 0.005 | 6.9 (9.8) | 0.004 | 15.1 (19.1) | 0.743 |
insufficiency, 20-30 | 172 | 22 (12.8%) | 24 (14.0%) | 2 (0.6%) | 4.9 (7.7) | 15.0 (18.7) | |||||
sufficiency, >30 | 89 | 8 (9.0%) | 15 (16.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5.2 (6.5) | 13.5 (16.8) | |||||
Vitamin D month specific tertiles | |||||||||||
low | 216 | 35 (16.2%) | 0.064 | 58 (26.9%) | 0.002 | 11 (5.1%) | 0.005 | 6.7 (8.5) | 0.097 | 14.2 (19.6) | 0.908 |
intermediate | 219 | 33 (15.1%) | 48 (21.9%) | 9 (4.1%) | 6.7 (9.0) | 15.4 (17.4) | |||||
high | 220 | 20 (9.1%) | 29 (13.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5.0 (7.7) | 14.8 (18.5) | |||||