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Table 5 SOFA Scores and Outcomes in patients with no treatment limitations by major Geo-Economic Area

From: Death in hospital following ICU discharge: insights from the LUNG SAFE study

Parameter

Alive

N = 2186

Dead

N = 142

Total

N = 2328

p value

Illness severity at last available day in ICU

 Adjusted non-pulmonary SOFA scores, median [1st–3rd quartile]

  European high income countries (n = 1295)

1.25

[0.00–3.00]

3.75

[1.25–5.00]

1.25

[0.00–3.75]

< .0001

  Non-European high income countries (n = 688)

3.00

[1.00–5.00]*

7.00

[3.75–9.00]

3.00

[1.00–5.00]

0.0002

  Middle income countries (n = 345)

1.67

[0.00–4.00]°

2.00

[0.00–5.00]

1.67

[0.00–4.00]

0.6691

  p value (comparison among areas)

< .0001

0.0046

< .0001

 

Illness severity on Day 10 in ICU

 Adjusted non-pulmonary SOFA scores, median [1st–3rd quartile]

  European high income countries (n = 1295)

1.67

[0.00–3.00]

4.0

[2.5–5.00]

1.67

[0.00–3.75]

0.0076

  Non-European high income countries (n = 688)

2.00

[0.00–5.00]*

5.63

[3.75–9.00]

2.75

[0.00–5.00]

0.0160

  Middle income countries (n = 345)

2.00

[0.00–4.00]°

2.50

[0.00–6.50]

2.00

[0.00–5.00]

0.8256

  p value (comparison among areas)

0.2436

0.3817

0.1790

 
  1. *p value < 0.05, comparison with European high-income countries
  2. °p value < 0.05, comparison with Non-European high-income countries