Research Article
The Risk Factors for Mortality among Septic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the National Trauma Data Bank
Table 1
Table showing the baseline characteristics of the trauma patients who developed sepsis during their hospital stay.
| | Total | Died | value | N = 1782 | No (N = 1215) | Yes (N = 567) |
| Age (years) | 16–25 | 160 (9.0%) | 130 (10.7%) | 30 (5.3%) | <0.001 | 26–35 | 187 (10.5%) | 151 (12.4%) | 36 (6.3%) | 36–45 | 187 (10.5%) | 146 (12.0%) | 41 (7.2%) | 46–55 | 248 (13.9%) | 187 (15.4%) | 61 (10.8%) | 56–65 | 363 (20.4%) | 224 (18.4%) | 139 (24.5%) | ≥66 | 637 (35.7%) | 377 (31.0%) | 260 (45.9%) | Age | 56.22 ± 19.64 | 53.56 ± 19.73 | 61.91 ± 18.20 | <0.001 | Sex | Male | 1298 (72.8%) | 895 (73.7%) | 403 (71.1%) | 0.242 | Female | 483 (27.1%) | 319 (26.3%) | 164 (28.9%) | Not known/Not recorded | 1 (0.1%) | | | Race | Black | 312 (17.5%) | 220 (18.5%) | 92 (16.6%) | 0.154 | White | 1231 (69.1%) | 823 (69.2%) | 408 (73.5%) | Other race1 | 202 (11.3%) | 147 (12.4%) | 55 (9.9%) | Not known/Not recorded | 37 (2.1%) | | | Ethnicity | Hispanic or latino | 192 (10.8%) | 132 (11.5%) | 60 (10.9%) | 0.752 | Not hispanic or latino | 1507 (84.6%) | 1019 (88.5%) | 488 (89.1%) | Not known/Not recorded | 83 (4.7%) | | | Current smoker | 405 (22.7%) | 297 (24.4%) | 108 (19.0%) | 0.011 | Hypertension | 761 (42.7%) | 476 (39.2%) | 285 (50.3%) | <0.001 | Diabetes mellitus | 394 (22.1%) | 247 (20.3%) | 147 (25.9%) | 0.008 | Chronic renal failure | 96 (5.4%) | 45 (3.7%) | 51 (9.0%) | <0.001 | Congestive heart failure | 137 (7.7%) | 81 (6.7%) | 56 (9.9%) | 0.018 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 253 (14.2%) | 157 (12.9%) | 96 (16.9%) | 0.024 | Myocardial infarction (MI) | 28 (1.6%) | 16 (1.3%) | 12 (2.1%) | 0.206 | Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) | 75 (4.2%) | 51 (4.2%) | 24 (4.2%) | 0.972 | Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) | 24 (1.3%) | 15 (1.2%) | 9 (1.6%) | 0.547 | Cirrhosis | 103 (5.8%) | 45 (3.7%) | 58 (10.2%) | <0.001 | Disseminated cancer | 18 (1.0%) | 8 (0.7%) | 10 (1.8%) | 0.030 | Currently receiving chemotherapy for cancer | 16 (0.9%) | 10 (0.8%) | 6 (1.1%) | 0.624 | Bleeding disorder | 59 (3.3%) | 36 (3.0%) | 23 (4.1%) | 0.230 | Anticoagulant therapy | 205 (11.5%) | 127 (10.5%) | 78 (13.8%) | 0.042 | Functionally dependent health status | 198 (11.1%) | 123 (10.1%) | 75 (13.2%) | 0.052 | Steroid use | 37 (2.1%) | 24 (2.0%) | 13 (2.3%) | 0.662 | Substance abuse disorder | 192 (10.8%) | 142 (11.7%) | 50 (8.8%) | 0.069 |
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