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Table 5 Comparison of principals reasons for admission and main variables

From: Clinical and epidemiologic characterization of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus admitted to an intensive care unit in Colombia

 

Infection

NO Infection

P value

Disease activity

NO disease activity

P value

Age

30

24.5

0.345

25

32

0.146

Disease diagnosis time in years

2

2

0.972

2

2

0.470

Comorbidities

11

21

0.091

17

15

0.429

Organic basal commitment

 • Renal

16

22

0.641

23

15

0.126

 • CNS

4

9

0.257

8

5

0.429

 • Pulmonary

4

4

0.456

5

3

0.498

 • Hematologic

12

11

0.140

14

9

0.333

APACHE score

16

12

0.007

14

12

0.457

LODS score

7

6

0.199

6

6

0.806

CRP

8.3

3.6

0.011

5.1

4.3

0.585

Previously steroid use

16

21

0.544

21

16

0.513

Organic commitment during hospitalization

 • Renal

9

11

0.486

16

4

0.004

 • Pulmonary

7

11

0.477

13

5

0.062

 • Hemolytic anemia

7

6

0.250

13

0

0.001

 • Thrombocytopenia

7

6

0.250

12

1

0.001

Dyalisis support

6

19

0.438

10

6

0.352

Immunoglobulin use

5

2

0.1

6

1

0.089

Time at ICU

5

4

0.224

3

4.5

0.818

  1. Boldface is the values with stadistic signficance p < 0.05
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