Table 1 Characteristics of 6-month survivors with and without ARDS

Age, median (IQR)

60.6 (50.6, 69.0)

59.4 (44.0, 70.9)

0.9^a

Female sex, number (%)

13 (50)

20 (49)

0.9^b

White race, number (%)

18 (69)

33 (80)

0.4^b

ICU admission, number (%)

26 (100)

27 (66)

0.1^a

Apache III 24 hours, median (IQR)

68.5 (53, 91.3)

71 (51, 79)

0.7^a

Invasive mechanical ventilation, number (%)

23 (88)

14 (34)

<0.001^b

Invasive MV days, median (IQR)

3.0 (0.3, 11.0)

0 (0, 2.0)

0.005^a

ICU LOS, median (IQR)

7.9 (4.1, 18.1)

3.1 (1.1, 7.2)

0.005^a

Hospital LOS, median (IQR)

19.5 (11.1, 32.6)

10.6 (6.1, 14.1)

0.004^a

Self-answered questionnaires at 6-month follow up, number (%)

22 (85)

34 (83)

0.86^b