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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Pre and postoperative lactate levels and lactate clearance in predicting in-hospital mortality after surgery for gastrointestinal perforation

Characteristics

Survive to discharge

(N = 87)

In-hospital mortality

(N = 17)

P-value

Age (years)

65.3 ± 14.8

67.3 ± 12.4

0.602

Male/female

46:41

7:10

0.378

Body mass index (kg/m2)

21.8 ± 3.8

21.7 ± 3.7

0.927

Comorbidities

   

 Hypertension

46 (52.9)

6 (35.3)

0.185

 Diabetes mellitus

19 (21.8)

5 (29.4)

0.498

 Chronic liver disease

11 (12.6)

3 (17.6)

0.697*

 Chronic kidney disease

9 (10.3)

4 (23.5)

0.220*

 Coronary artery disease

10 (11.5)

3 (17.6)

0.442*

 Cerebrovascular disease

4 (4.6)

1 (5.9)

1.000*

Charlson Comorbidity Index score

4.7 ± 2.7

5.8 ± 2.6

0.097

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD, or number (%)
  2. *Fisher’s exact test