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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

From: Intensive care acquired infection is an independent risk factor for hospital mortality: a prospective cohort study

Characteristic

No ICU-acquired infection (N = 255)

ICU-acquired infection (N = 80)

P value

Male sex

159 (62.4)

58 (72.5)

0.11

Age (years)

59 (47–70)

59.5 (47–69)

0.70

APACHE II score on admission

23 (18–28)

22 (18–29)

0.87

SOFA score on admission

6 (4–9)

9 (6.8–10)

<0.001

  1. Values are presented as median (with 25th to 75th percentile in parentheses) or as the number (percentage) of patients. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU, intensive care unit; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.
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