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Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of included patients stratified by age

From: Epidemiology of sepsis in Beijing from 2012 to 2018: analysis of hospital homepage databases derived from the Beijing Public Health System

Clinical characteristics

Minor

n=935 (10.9%)

Adult

N=2,848 (33.1%)

Elderly

N=3,526 (41.0%)

Oldest

N=1,288 (15.0%)

χ2/H a

p

χ2 b

pL

R

pR

Male, n (%)

577 (61.7)

1,728 (60.7)

1,926 (54.6)c

761 (59.1) c

30.775

<0.001

10.551

0.001

0.035

0.001

Age, year (IQR)

1 (1, 4)

53 (39, 59)

77 (71, 81)

88 (86, 89)

      

Tertiary hospital, n (%)

934 (99.9)c

2,680 (94.1)c

2,997 (85.0)c

1,006 (78.1)c

389.163

<0.001

384.901

<0.001

-0.212

<0.001

Blood transfusion, n (%)

526 (56.3)c,d

756 (26.5)c,d

1,238 (35.1)c

474 (36.8)d

277.579

<0.001

13.167

<0.001

-0.039

<0.001

Red blood cell, IU (IQR)

1 (1, 3.75)c,d,e

4 (2, 9)c

4 (2, 8)d,f

4 (2, 6)e,f

65.916

<0.001

    

Plasma, ml (IQR)

400 (200, 800)c,d,e

800 (400, 1600)c

600 (400, 1200)d

600 (400, 1200)e

26.358

<0.001

    

Platelet, IU (IQR)

1 (1, 3)

2 (1, 3.75)

2 (1, 3)

2 (1, 3)

4.789

0.188

    

Ventilation, n (%)

136 (14.5)c

534 (18.8)c

1,143 (32.4)c

473 (36.7)c

288.245

<0.001

263.938

<0.001

0.175

<0.001

ventilation time, h (IQR)

89.5 (24, 200)c,d

79 (20, 215.5)e,f

122 (39, 301)c,e

153 (46, 356.5)d,f

48.085

<0.001

    

Chinese medicine, n (%)

366 (39.1)c,d

1,441(50.6)c,d

2,076 (58.9)c

794 (61.6)d

160.079

<0.001

146.911

<0.001

0.131

<0.001

Total cost, CNY (IQR)

16,780 (9,928, 36,678)c,d

23,540 (13,770, 47,538)c,d

36,934 (18,148, 78,793)c

41,215 (18,991, 88,259) d

478.803

<0.001

    

Outcome

 Hospital mortality, n (%)

45 (4.8)c

496 (17.4)c

1,440 (40.8)c

748 (58.1)c

1,129.596

<0.001

1,109.469

<0.001

0.359

<0.001

 Hospital stay, d (IQR)

8 (6, 14)c,d

11 (7, 16) c,e

12 (6, 19) c,e

11 (5, 20) d

57.719

<0.001

    
  1. IQR Interquartile range
  2. CNY Chinese Yuan
  3. aChi-square or Kruskal-Wallis
  4. bLinear-by-linear association
  5. c-fThe difference in pairwise comparison was statistically significant