Research Article
Not All Critically Ill Obese Patients Are the Same: The Influence of Prior Comorbidities
Table 3
Clinical outcomes.
| ā | 0-1 co-morbidity () | 2 or more co-morbidities () | P values |
| Discharged alive from ICU by day 28 | 36 (94.7%) | 112 (77.2%) | 0.02 | Maximum SOFA score | 7.5 [5.0 to 11.0] | 9.0 [6.0 to 13.0] | 0.04 | Delta SOFA score | 1.5 [0.0 to 3.0] | 2.0 [1.0 to 5.0] | 0.07 | Number of days on MV | 2.0 [1.0 to 5.0] | 4.0 [2.0 to 7.0] | 0.09 | Number of days in ICU | 3.0 [3.0 to 11.0] | 6.0 [3.0 to 10.0] | 0.04 | ICU free days in the first 28 days | 24.5 [17.0 to 25.0] | 20.0 [3.0 to 24.0] | 0.003 | Mortality at day 14 | 2 (5.3%) | 24 (16.6%) | 0.08 | Mortality at day 28 | 2 (5.3%) | 30 (20.7%) | 0.03 |
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