Study group (n = 497) | Nonresponders/withdrawals group (n = 226) | P valuea | Reference group (n = 6093) | P valueb | |
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Sex (male/female) | 274/223 | 136/90 | 0.23 | 2822/3271 | <0.0001 |
Age (years) | 52.4 (15.7) | 52.5 (16.1) | 0.97 | 46.4 (15.1) | <0.0001 |
Marital status | 0.09 | 0.006 | |||
Married | 327 (67) | 130 (59) | 4484 (74) | ||
Single | 135 (28) | 79 (35) | 1334 (22) | ||
Widow/widower | 27 (15) | 13 (6) | 274 (4)c | ||
Children at home < 19 years | 116 (24) | 40 (18) | 0.08 | ||
Born in Sweden | 454 (92) | 201 (89) | 0.26 | 5569 (91) | 0.74 |
Education | <0.0001 | ||||
Compulsory school | 166 (34) | 84 (38) | 0.35 | 1785 (29) | |
High school/university | 121 (25) | 52 (23) | 0.78 | 1371 (22) | |
Employment before ICU stay | 0.04 | <0.0001 | |||
Employed | 237 (50) | 103 (48) | 3589 (59) | ||
Retired | 192 (41) | 83 (39) | 1145 (19) | ||
Student | 20 (4) | 6 (3) | 402 (7) | ||
Other | 21 (5) | 23 (10) | 957 (16)d | ||
6 months after ICU stay | 0.31 | ||||
Employed | 201 (44) | 70 (35) | |||
Retired | 206 (45) | 101 (51) | |||
Student | 15 (3) | 9 (4) | |||
Other | 36 (8) | 20 (10) | |||
Sick leave before ICU stay | 70 (14) | 29 (13) | 0.46 | ||
Reported sick <100% | 13 (3) | 8 (3) | |||
Reported sick 100% | 50 (10) | 18 (3) | |||
6 months after ICU | 121 (24) | 59 (26) | 0.70 | ||
Reported sick <100% | 20 (4) | 8 (3) | |||
Reported sick 100% | 94 (19) | 48 (21) | |||
Concurrent diseasee | 342 (69) | 179 (79) | 0.005 | 3095 (51) | <0.0001 |
Cancer | 48 (10) | 32 (18) | |||
Diabetes | 57 (11) | 29 (16) | |||
Cardiovascular | 83 (17) | 36 (20) | |||
Gastrointestinal | 50 (10) | 25 (14) | |||
Miscellaneous | 322 (65) | 168 (74) |