Table 4

Causes of mortality in the patient group

Variable

Standard treatment (N = 250)

Intensive treatment (N = 254)

Relative risk (95% confidence interval)

28-day deaths

81 (32.4)

93 (36.6)

1.1 (0.85 to 1.42)

Death in the intensive care unit (%)

78 (31.2)

84 (33.1)

1.06 (0.82 to 1.37)

In-hospital death (%).

96 (38.4)

102 (40)

1.05 (0.84 to 1.3

Death with history of diabetes

9 of 29 (31)

12 of 32 (37.5)

1.21 (0.60 to 2.40)

De La Rosa et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R120   doi:10.1186/cc7017