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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population

From: Abdominal atherosclerosis is not a risk factor of nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia among critically ill patients: a propensity matching study

n

Absence of NOMI

Presence of NOMI

P value

n = 106

n = 59

Age

68 ± 12

68 ± 12

0.747

Male sex

75 (71)

38 (64)

0.505

Comorbidities

Smoking (%)

44 (42)

27 (46)

 

Active

25 (24)

19 (32)

0.310

Past

19 (18)

8 (14)

0.612

Hypertension

59 (56)

34 (58)

0.936

Diabetes

29 (27)

17 (29)

0.985

Peripheral artery disease

38 (36)

19 (32)

0.763

Chronic kidney disease

16 (15)

5 (9)

0.327

Cirrhosis

17 (16)

5 (9)

0.249

Chronic congestive heart failure

15 (14)

12 (20)

0.418

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

17 (16)

11 (19)

0.833

Obesity (body mass index 30 kg/m2)

10 (9)

10 (17)

0.242

Etiology of multiorgan failure

Cardiorespiratory arrest

9 (8)

8 (14)

0.490

Abdominal surgery

4 (4)

2 (3)

 

Cardiac surgery

20 (19)

10 (17)

 

Hemorrhagic shock

14 (13)

7 (12)

 

Hypovolemia

3 (3)

1 (2)

 

Heart failure

16 (15)

5 (8)

 

Respiratory failure

1 (1)

1 (2)

 

Sepsis

39 (38)

25 (42)

 
  1. Univariate analysis according to the presence of nonocclusive ischemia
  2. NOMI nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia, SD standard deviation
  3. Numbers in brackets are percentages