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Table 3 Mortality and TLDs across subgroups (weighed results)

From: Outcomes of ICU patients with and without perceptions of excessive care: a comparison between cancer and non-cancer patients

 

Uncontrolled cancer (n = 117), %

Controlled cancer(n = 270), %

Without cancer (n = 1254), %

p-value

28-day mortality

 < 2 PECS

24.8

22.6

17

0.02

 ≥ 2 PECs

63

57.4

59.6

0.60

Treatment limitation decisions

 < 2 PECS

10.5

5.2

6.0

0.12

 ≥ 2 PECs

28.7

27.7

34.7

0.09

1-year mortality

 < 2 PECS

58.4

45.8

30.4

 < 0.001

 ≥ 2 PECs

87.0

80.2

83.2

0.29

Combined endpoint

 < 2 PECS

70.8

63.0

54.5

0.001

 ≥ 2 PECs

93.7

82.5

93.4

 < 0.001

  1. PEC perceptions of excessive care, TLD treatment limitation decisions
  2. Combined endpoint: death, poor quality of life or not being at home
  3. Patients who were lost to follow-up are not included in this table
  4. A p-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant