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Table 5 Basline characteristics of patients from the trauma cohort

From: Vitamin D deficiency and risk of acute lung injury in severe sepsis and severe trauma: a case-control study

Characteristic

N

Cases

Controls

Combined

P-value

  

(n = 119)

(n = 119)

(n = 238)

 

Agec

238

44.7 (30.8, 58.2)

46.8 (29.8, 56.8)

46.2 (30.4, 57.8)

0.651a

Female gender (%)

238

35 (29)

33 (28)

68 (29)

0.883b

Smoking (%)

194

   

0.370b

Never

 

36 (35)

30 (33)

66 (34)

 

Former

 

8 (8)

3 (3)

11 (6)

 

Current

 

60 (58)

57 (63)

117 (60)

 

Diabetes (%)

238

16 (13)

16 (13)

32 (13)

1b

Summer season (%)

238

48 (40)

48 (40)

96 (40)

1b

Day length hours (IQR)c

238

12.6 (10.8, 13.8)

12.6 (10.7, 13.9)

12.6 (10.8, 13.9)

0.331a

APACHE II score (IQR)

238

26.0 (21.5, 29.5)

24.0 (19.0, 27.5)

25.0 (20.0, 29.0)

0.078a

ISSc (IQR)

204

29.0 (24.0, 35.8)

29.0 (22.0, 36.0)

29.0 (23.5, 36.0)

0.993a

Number of non-pulmonary organ failures (%)

238

   

0.645a

0

 

42 (35)

49 (41)

91 (38)

 

1

 

61 (51)

52 (44)

113 (47)

 

2

 

13 (11)

15 (13)

28 (12)

 

3

 

3 (3)

3 (3)

6 (3)

 

Days of ICU stay (IQR)

238

11.0 (7.0, 18.5)

9.0 (5.0, 16.0)

10.0 (6.0, 18.0)

0.155a

Hospital mortality (%)

238

10 (8)

13 (11)

23 (10)

0.663b

One-year mortality (%)

238

20 (17)

25 (21)

45 (19)

0.511b

Risk factors for ALI/ARDS

235

    

Severe trauma

 

116 (99)

116 (99)

232 (99)

 

Aspiration

 

2 (2)

0 (0)

2 (1)

 

Other or Noned

 

0 (0)

1 (1)

1 (1)

 

Patients on ventilator

 

115 (97)

115 (97)

230 (97)

1b

25-OHD (nmol/L) (IQR)

237

54.9 (38.3, 72.5)

50.8 (36.9, 69.8)

53.4 (37.2, 71.9)

0.302a

Vitamin D Status (%)

237

   

0.606b

Deficiency (< 50 nmol/L)

 

54 (45)

59 (50)

113 (48)

 

Insufficiency (50 to 75 nmol/L)

 

37 (31)

38 (32)

75 (32)

 

Sufficiency (> 75 nmol/L)

 

28 (24)

21 (18)

49 (21)

 
  1. Data given as median and interquartile range (IQR) or frequency with (%) of patients.
  2. N is the number of non-missing values.
  3. aWilcoxon signed rank test; bMcNemar’s test; cMatched; dOther or None (multiple transfusions).