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Table 2 Univariate analysis and comparison of clinical characteristics of survivors and mortality

From: Predictors of mortality and validation of burn mortality prognostic scores in a Malaysian burns intensive care unit

Variable

Survivor (n = 463)/%

Non-survivor (n = 62)/%

p-value

95% CI

Sex (male/female) ♂

    

 Male

325 (70.2%)

47 (75.8%)

0.361

0.72–2.459

 Female

138 (29.8%)

15 (24.2%)

  

Age (years)*♀

33.7 ± 14.2

39.9 ± 16.8

0.001

Place of injury: ♂

    

 Household

256 (55.3%)

29 (46.8%)

0.132

 

Industrial/workplace

148 (32%)

19 (30.6%)

 Road traffic accident

24 (5.2%)

4 (6.5%)

 

 Others

35 (7.6%)

10 (16.1%)

 

Mechanism of injury: ♂

    

 Thermal

398 (86%)

52 (83.9%)

0.969

 

 Chemical

44 (9.5%)

7 (11.3%)

 Electrical

15 (3.2%)

2 (3.2%)

 

TBSA burn*♀

15.7 ± 13.2%

50.5 ± 26.1%

0.021

Inhalational Injury♂

104 (67.5%)

50 (80.7%)

< 0.001

7.38–28.0

Mechanical ventilation♂

82 (22.5%)

59 (95.2%)

< 0.001

27.9–298.7

Tracheostomy♂

13 (2.8%)

11 (17.7%)

< 0.001

3.18–17.5

  1. *mean (SD); ♂, Chi-Square test, ♀, t-test; n, number; LOS, length of stay; TBSA, total body surface area.