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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population (n = 457)

From: Addition of lactic acid levels improves the accuracy of quick sequential organ failure assessment in predicting mortality in surgical patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections: a retrospective study

Variables

Total population

Survivors (n = 407)

Non-survivors (n = 50)

p value

Age, years

62.86 ± 16.22

62.11 ± 16.19

68.94 ± 15.27

0.005

Sex, n (%) male/female

280 (61.3)/177 (38.7)

253 (62.2)/154 (37.8)

27 (54.0)/23 (46.0)

0.264

Body weight, kg

58.36 ± 11.58

58.38 ± 11.32

58.23 ± 13.69

0.931

BMI, kg/m2

21.90 ± 3.64

21.83 ± 3.54

22.47 ± 4.42

0.243

ASA score, n (%)

   

0.007

 1

131 (28.7)

120 (29.5)

11 (22.0)

 

 2

124 (27.1)

114 (28.0)

10 (20.0)

 

 3

153 (33.5)

137 (33.7)

16 (32.0)

 

 4

45 (9.8)

34 (8.4)

11 (22.0)

 

 5

4 (0.9)

2 (0.5)

2 (4.0)

 

APACHE II score

21.23 ± 8.50

20.11 ± 7.86

28.26 ± 9.08

< 0.001

Comorbidity, n (%)

    

 Hypertension

172 (37.6)

145 (35.6)

27 (54.0)

0.011

 Diabetes

65 (14.2)

59 (14.5)

6 (12.0)

0.633

 CRF

39 (8.5)

36 (8.8)

3 (6.0)

0.787

 Malignancy

212 (46.4)

183 (45.0)

29 (58.0)

0.081

Diagnosis, n (%)

   

0.632

 Perforation

382 (83.6)

338 (83.0)

44 (88.0)

 

 Strangulation

58 (12.7)

54 (13.3)

4 (8.0)

 

 Ischemia

17 (3.7)

15 (3.7)

2 (4.0)

 

Site, n (%)

   

0.789

 Stomach

111 (24.3)

100 (24.6)

11 (22.0)

 

 Small bowel

163 (35.7)

143 (35.1)

20 (40.0)

 

 Colorectal

183 (40.0)

164 (40.3)

19 (38.0)

 

Laparoscopy/open, n (%)

71 (15.5)/386 (84.5)

69 (17.0)/338 (83.0)

2 (4.0)/48 (96.0)

0.013

  1. BMI body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, APACHE acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, CRF chronic renal failure