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Table 3 Patient factors in vignettes and predicted 'baseline' mortality

From: Results from the national sepsis practice survey: predictions about mortality and morbidity and recommendations for limitation of care orders

 

Univariable analyses

Multivariable analyses

 

Percentage point increase in predicted mortality (95% confidence interval)

P value

Percentage point increase in predicted mortality (95% confidence interval)

P value

70 years old

(versus 50 years old)

12.1

(10.0 to 14.2)

<0.0001

8.2

(6.1 to 10.4)

<0.0001

Stage IIA NSCLC

(versus no cancer)

10.8

(8.7 to 13.0)

<0.0001

5.9

(3.6 to 8.1)

<0.0001

BMI 40 kg/m2

(versus 22 kg/m2)

8.6

(6.4 to 10.7)

<0.0001

4.3

(2.5 to 6.2)

<0.0001

  1. Baseline mortality was considered the predicted mortality if no additional care, other than the care instituted prior to admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), was added. The univariable estimates include only the variable indicated in the model while multivariable estimates included all variables with displayed estimates in that column. All analyses accounted for non-independence of responses due to respondents completing multiple vignettes.
  2. BMI = body mass index; NSCLC = non-small cell lung carcinoma.
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