Table 1 |
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Characteristics of patients with severe sepsis |
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| Characteristica |
HIV/AIDS |
No HIV/AIDS |
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| Number of admissions |
7,638 |
66,382 |
| Age |
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| Mean (SD) |
41.9 (8.4) |
49.9 (11.3) |
| Sex |
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| Female (%) |
34 |
46 |
| Male (%) |
66 |
54 |
| Race |
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| White (%) |
20 |
56 |
| Black (%) |
49 |
18 |
| Hispanic (%) |
14 |
7 |
| Other or not reported (%) |
17 |
19 |
| Insurance |
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| Commercial (%) |
16 |
42 |
| Medicaid/Medicare (%) |
48 |
20 |
| Other (%)b |
36 |
38 |
| Admission type |
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| Medical (%) |
88 |
69 |
| Surgical (%) |
12 |
31 |
| Teaching hospital |
76 |
61 |
| Number of comorbiditiesc |
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| 0 (%) |
70 |
49 |
| ≥1 (%) |
30 |
51 |
| Organ system failures |
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| Respiratory (%) |
35 |
47 |
| Cardiac (%) |
16 |
22 |
| Hematologic (%) |
37 |
25 |
| Neurologic (%) |
10 |
7 |
| Renal (%) |
28 |
24 |
| Hepatic (%) |
2 |
2 |
| Number of organ system failuresd |
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| 0 (%) |
0 |
0 |
| 1 (%) |
78 |
78 |
| 2 (%) |
17 |
17 |
| ≥3 (%) |
5 |
5 |
| Infection |
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| Respiratory (%) |
45 |
42 |
| Opportunistic (%) |
53 |
9 |
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aThe p value for difference between patients with and without HIV/AIDS is ≤ 0.0001 for all characteristics unless otherwise noted. b0.0001 < p ≤ 0.0500. cNumber excludes HIV/AIDS. dp > 0.0500. |
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Mrus et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R623 doi:10.1186/cc3811 |
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