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Table 1 Posterior distribution of frailty (CFS ≥ 5) being associated with 30-day mortality after multivariable adjustment and using the skeptical prior.

From: Frailty’s influence on 30-day mortality in old critically ill ICU patients: a bayesian analysis evaluating the clinical frailty scale

 

CFS < 5

CFS ≥ 5

p value

 

N = 6481

N = 3882

 

Age (years)

81 (6)

84 (5)

 < 0.001

SOFA (points)

6 (4)

7 (4)

 < 0.001

Female

38% (2448)

51% (1993)

 < 0.001

NIV (yes/no)

24% (1523)

27% (1060)

 < 0.001

Mechnical ventilation (yes/no)

59% (3809)

51% (1987)

 < 0.001

Vasoactive drugs (yes/no)

61% (3972)

60% (2322)

0.14

Treatment limitations (yes/no)

30% (1970)

41% (1594)

 < 0.001

30-day survival (yes/no)

38% (2446)

51% (1964)

 < 0.001

Amount of comorbidites (n) *

4 (2)

5 (3)

 < 0.001

* available in 3913 patients

   
  1. The median OR was 1.60 and the corresponding 95% credible interval 1.45–1.76