Combination of APACHE Scoring Systems with Adductor Pollicis Muscle Thickness for the Prediction of Mortality in Patients Who Spend More Than One Day in the Intensive Care Unit
Table 3
Demographic and outcome data between patients in each of the 3 APM groups.
APMT ≤ 10 mm ()
10 > APMT ≤ 15 ()
APMT > 15 ()
value
Age
58.3 ± 15.5
56.5 ± 17.9
54.74 ± 18.28
0.1
Gender
0.001
Male
10 (3.3%)
77 (25.5%)
98 (32.5)
Female
18 (6%)
66 (21.9%)
33 (10.9)
Serum albumin (mg/dL)
2.90 ± 0.6
3.20 ± 0.7
3.24 ± 0.7
0.9
APACHE II
17 (13–20.75)
16 (12–20)
14 (12–20)
0.01
APACHE III
60 (45.25–75.25)
47 (35–70)
45 (31–59.75)
0.02
Survival
16 (14–18)
13 (12–14)
15 (12–17)
0.001
Alive
5 (17%)
80 (26.5%)
121 (40.1%)
Death
23 (76.6%)
63 (44%)
10 (7.6%)
Admission category
0.01
Medical
12 (3.9%)
4 (1.3%)
12 (3.9)
Surgical
64 (21%)
49 (16.1%)
72 (23.6)
Trauma
23 (7.5%)
41 (13.4%)
27 (8.8)
APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation Score; APMT: adductor pollicis muscle thickness; ANOVA (mean ± SD); chi square (n, %); Kruskal–Wallis.
