Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants
Characteristics | All patients (n = 220) | Without LEMON (n = 163) | With LEMON* (n = 57) | p -value | Without MOANS (n = 42) | With MOANS** (n = 178) | p -value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 67 ± 18 | 66 ± 18 | 69 ± 20 | 0.38 | 43 ± 9 | 72 ± 15 | < 0.001 |
Male sex | 142 (64.5%) | 107 (65.6%) | 31 (61.4%) | 0.56 | 35 (83.3%) | 107 (60.1%) | 0.005 |
BW (kg) | 57.8 ± 13 | 56.9 ± 10.5 | 60.3 ± 18.2 | 0.09 | 58.7 ± 10.3 | 57.6 ± 13.6 | 0.6 |
Diagnosis | 0.03 | < 0.001 | |||||
Traumatic cause | 6 (2.7%) | 4 (2.5%) | 2 (3.5%) | 3 (7.1%) | 3 (1.7%) | ||
Non-traumatic cause | 78 (35.5%) | 50 (30.7%) | 28 (49.1%) | 4 (9.5%) | 74 (41.6%) | ||
Pneumonia | |||||||
CHF | 41 (18.6%) | 35 (21.5%) | 6 (10.5%) | 3 (7.1%) | 38 (21.3%) | ||
Stroke | 27 (12.3%) | 24 (14.7%) | 3 (5.3%) | 12 (28.6%) | 15 (8.4%) | ||
Seizure and alteration of consciousness | 19 (8.6%) | 16 (9.8%) | 3 (5.3%) | 6 (14.3%) | 13 (7.3%) | ||
Sepsis | 16 (7.3%) | 13 (8.0%) | 3 (5.3%) | 4 (9.5%) | 12 (6.7%) | ||
COPD or Asthma | 12 (5.5%) | 10 (6.1%) | 2 (3.5%) | 3 (7.1%) | 9 (5.1%) | ||
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 6 (2.7%) | 4 (2.5%) | 2 (3.5%) | 2 (4.8%) | 4 (2.2%) | ||
Upper Airway obstruction | 3 (1.4%) | 1 (0.6%) | 2 (3.5%) | 2 (4.8%) | 1 (0.6%) | ||
Other | 12 (5.5%) | 6 (3.7%) | 6 (10.5%) | 3 (7.1%) | 9 (5.1%) |