Research Article
Not All Critically Ill Obese Patients Are the Same: The Influence of Prior Comorbidities
Table 2
Patient characteristics.
| | | 0-1 co-morbidity | 2 or more co-morbidities | P values | | () | () |
| | Age (years) | 56.8 [46.4 to 64.4] | 66.1 [55.1 to 72.9] | <0.001 | | Sex | | | | | Male | 21 (55.3%) | 71 (49.0%) | 0.49 | | Admission | | | 0.45 | | Medical | 21 (55.3%) | 90 (62.1%) | | | Surgical | 17 (44.7%) | 55 (37.9%) | | | Primary admission diagnosis | | | 0.02 | | Cardiovascular/vascular | 4 (10.5%) | 13 (9.0%) | | | Respiratory | 5 (13.2%) | 44 (30.3%) | | | Gastrointestinal | 9 (23.7%) | 27 (18.6%) | | | Neurologic | 4 (10.5%) | 9 (6.2%) | | | Sepsis | 2 (5.3%) | 5 (3.4%) | | | Trauma | 7 (18.4%) | 6 (4.1%) | | | Metabolic | 1 (2.6%) | 4 (2.8%) | | | Postoperative conditions | 2 (5.3%) | 23 (15.9%) | | | Renal | 1 (2.6%) | 11 (7.6%) | | | Orthopedic | 3 (7.9%) | 3 (2.1%) | | | Family history diabetes | | | 0.96 | | Yes | 6 (15.8%) | 19 (13.1%) | | | No | 12 (31.6%) | 37 (25.5%) | | | Unknown | 20 (52.6%) | 89 (61.4%) | | | APACHE II score | 17.5 [13.0 to 24.0] | 22.0 [15.0 to 26.0] | 0.04 | | Baseline SOFA | 5.0 [4.0 to 8.0] | 7.0 [5.0 to 9.0] | 0.08 | | No. of days in hospital prior to ICU admission | 0.4 [0.1 to 0.9] | 0.3 [0.0 to 2.6] | 0.85 | | Waist circumference (cm) | 112.5 [106.0 to 124.0] | 117.0 [109.0 to 125.0] | 0.42 | | Hip circumference (cm) | 116.0 [106.0 to 125.0] | 114.0 [107.0 to 126.0] | 0.82 | | Height (cm) | 171.0 [ 160.0 to 178.0] | 166.0 [160.0 to 174.0] | 0.12 | | Weight (Kg) | 102.2 [93.0 to 112.2] | 96.0 [85.0 to 108.0] | 0.07 | | BMI | 35.5 [31.9 to 39.1] | 33.8 [31.5 to 38.7] | 0.29 | | Data on ICU admission Day | | | | | Heart rate (per minute) | 111.0 [94.0 to 122.0] | 100.0 [86.0 to 118.0] | 0.09 | | Temperature (degrees Celsius) | 37.9 [37.3 to 38.4] | 37.8 [37.0 to 38.5] | 0.54 | | Respiratory rate (per minute) | 22.5 [18.0 to 27.0] | 22.0 [18.0 to 29.0] | 0.98 | | PF ratio | 210.6 [122.0 to 278.6] | 170.6 [101.4 to 240.0] | 0.15 | | WBC | 12.6 [9.9 to 16.4] | 11.7 [8.2 to 17.4] | 0.49 |
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