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Table 1 Differences of clinical characteristics between survivors and non-survivors (28-day mortality)

From: Calcium supplementation improves clinical outcome in intensive care unit patients: a propensity score matched analysis of a large clinical database MIMIC-II

Clinical parameters

Total (n = 32,551)

Survivors (n = 28,062)

Non-survivors (n = 4489)

P value

Age (years)

63.8 ± 17.9

62.6 ± 17.9

71.3 ± 16.0

<0.001

Sex (male, %)

18,089 (56.27)

15,682 (56.70)

2407 (53.68)

<0.001

SAPSI-1

13.7 ± 5.5

13.1 ± 5.2

17.6 ± 5.8

<0.001

SOFA

5.5 ± 4.0

5.1 ± 3.8

8.1 ± 4.6

<0.001

Ethnicity (n, %)

 White

21,704 (67.5)

18,684 (67.53)

3020 (67.34)

0.810

 Asian

1166 (3.63)

980 (3.54)

186 (4.15)

0.044

 Black

2912 (9.06)

2508 (9.06)

404 (9.01)

0.902

 Unknown

5261 (16.4)

4526 (16.36)

737 (16.43)

0.901

 Hispanic/latino

1108 (3.45)

970 (3.51)

138 (3.08)

0.144

Comorbidities (n, %)

 Hypertension

9200 (31.4)

8064 (31.79)

1136 (29.18)

0.001

  Congestive heart failure

6288 (21.49)

5043 (19.88)

1245 (31.98)

<0.001

  Chronic pulmonary disease

5029 (17.19)

4285 (16.89)

744 (19.11)

<0.001

  Paralysis

398 (1.36)

341 (1.34)

57 (1.46)

0.547

  Renal failure

1933 (6.61)

1555 (6.13)

378 (9.71)

<0.001

  Liver disease

1563 (5.34)

1283 (5.06)

280 (7.19)

<0.001

  Diabetes

1637 (5.59)

1438 (5.67)

199 (5.11)

0.159

  Alcohol abuse

1520 (5.19)

1372 (5.41)

148 (3.80)

<0.001

  AIDS

208 (0.71)

188 (0.74)

20 (0.51)

0.116

Serum iCa on ICU entry (mmol/L)

1.130 ± 0.111

1.133 ± 0.103

1.113 ± 0.146

<0.001

Serum creatinin on ICU entry (mg/dL)

1.38 ± 1.49

1.32 ± 1.48

1.76 ± 1.52

<0.001

Calcium supplementation (n, %)

10,810 (33.21)

9417 (33.56)

1393 (31.03)

0.001