Intensive care unit scoring systems outperform emergency department scoring systems for mortality prediction in critically ill patients: a prospective cohort study

Table 2 Patient characteristics

Patient characteristic	All	Alive at 60 days	Dead at 60 days	p value
N	227	170	57
Age	65 ± 17	63 ± 17	70 ± 17	0.01
Gender
Male	116 (51%)	90 (53%)	26 (46%)	0.52
Female	110 (48%)	79 (46%)	31 (54%)
Transgender	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0%)
Race
Caucasian	96 (42%)	71 (42%)	25 (44%)	0.66
African American	34 (15%)	27 (16%)	7 (12%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	54 (24%)	37 (22%)	17 (30%)
Hispanic	38 (17%)	31 (18%)	7 (12%)
Other	5 (2%)	4 (2%)	1 (2%)
DNR/DNI or comfort measures on admission	44 (19%)	29 (17%)	15 (26%)	0.13
Admitting service
Medicine	152 (67%)	120 (71%)	32 (56%)	0.14
Surgery	10 (4%)	8 (5%)	2 (4%)
Cardiology	34 (15%)	21 (12%)	13 (23%)
Other	31 (14%)	21 (12%)	10 (18%)
Primary admission diagnosis category
Respiratory	61 (27%)	44 (26%)	17 (30%)	0.26
Cardiovascular	41 (18%)	29 (17%)	12 (21%)
ID	47 (21%)	33 (19%)	14 (25%)
Neurology	26 (11%)	19 (11%)	7 (12%)
GI	19 (8%)	15 (9%)	4 (7%)
Other	33 (15%)	30 (18%)	3 (5%)
Insurance
Medicaid	41 (19%)	35 (22%)	6 (11%)	0.33
Medicare	86 (41%)	59 (37%)	27 (51%)
Private insurance	61 (29%)	46 (29%)	15 (28%)
Other	19 (9%)	15 (9%)	4 (8%)
None	4 (2%)	3 (2%)	1 (2%)
Coronary artery disease	41 (18%)	32 (19%)	9 (16%)	0.61
Congestive heart failure	43 (19%)	29 (17%)	14 (25%)	0.21
Hypertension	136 (60%)	103 (61%)	33 (58%)	0.72
Chronic lung disease	71 (31%)	52 (31%)	19 (33%)	0.70
Chronic liver disease	14 (6%)	12 (7%)	2 (4%)	0.53
Diabetes	75 (33%)	57 (34%)	18 (32%)	0.79
Malignancy	59 (26%)	39 (23%)	20 (35%)	0.07
Immunosuppressed	36 (16%)	26 (15%)	10 (18%)	0.69
ESRD	20 (9%)	14 (8%)	6 (11%)	0.56

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