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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Rapidly progressive brain atrophy in septic ICU patients: a retrospective descriptive study using semiautomatic CT volumetry

Characteristic

Total (n = 48)

Brain atrophy group (n = 42)

No brain atrophy group (n = 6)

p

Demographics

    

Age, median (IQR), years

73 (63–80)

73 (63–79)

79 (68–84)

0.26

Male, n (%)

31 (64.6)

28 (66.7)

3 (50.0)

0.43

Medical history

    

Hypertension, n (%)

16 (33.3)

13 (31.0)

3 (50.0)

0.36

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

14 (29.2)

13 (31.0)

1 (16.7)

0.48

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

10 (20.8)

9 (21.4)

1 (16.7)

0.79

Clinical score

    

GCS score, median (IQR)

12 (8–14)

13 (9–14)

10 (3–13)

0.18

SOFA score, median (IQR)

13 (11–15)

14 (11–15)

11 (9–15)

0.29

APACHE II score, median (IQR)

27 (21–31)

27 (24–31)

28 (16–31)

0.63

JAAM DIC score, median (IQR)

6 (4–7)

6 (4–7)

5 (3–6)

0.26

Treatment

    

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

44 (91.7)

40 (95.2)

4 (66.7)

0.02

Vasopressors, n (%)

38 (79.2)

35 (83.3)

3 (50.0)

0.06

Heparin, n (%)

5 (10.4)

5 (11.9)

0 (0.0)

0.38

Antithrombin, n (%)

15 (31.3)

13 (31.0)

2 (33.3)

0.91

rhTM, n (%)

13 (27.1)

12 (28.6)

1 (16.7)

0.54

CRRT, n (%)

37 (77.1)

34 (81.0)

3 (50.0)

0.10

Surgery, n (%)

12 (25.0)

12 (28.6)

0 (0.0)

0.14

  1. Significant value is given in bold