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Table 2 Association between demographic-clinical, and laboratory characteristics and death within 30 days post-systemic oncological therapy (bivariate analysis)

From: Evaluation of factors predicting the benefit from systemic oncological treatment for severely ill hospitalized patients: a retrospective study

Characteristic

Overall,

N = 891

Survival of at least 30 days after therapy,

N = 371

Death within 30 days after therapy, N = 521

p-value2

Age (years)

59.28 (12.23)

58.44 (11.55)

59.89 (12.76)

0.578

Male

41 / 89 (46%)

14 / 37 (38%)

27 / 52 (52%)

0.189

Race

   

0.481

White

50 / 89 (56%)

18 / 37 (49%)

32 / 52 (62%)

 

Black

6 / 89 (7%)

3 / 37 (8%)

3 / 52 (6%)

 

Brown

32 / 89 (36%)

16 / 37 (43%)

16 / 52 (31%)

 

Asian

1 / 89 (1%)

0 / 37 (0%)

1 / 52 (2%)

 

Schooling

   

0.541

Complete high school

19 / 53 (36%)

7 / 23 (30%)

12 / 30 (40%)

 

Incomplete high school

2 / 53 (4%)

0 / 23 (0%)

2 / 30 (7%)

 

Elementary school I

12 / 53 (23%)

6 / 23 (26%)

6 / 30 (20%)

 

Elementary school II

12 / 53 (23%)

7 / 23 (30%)

5 / 30 (17%)

 

Graduation

2 / 53 (4%)

1 / 23 (4%)

1 / 30 (3%)

 

Incomplete higher

1 / 53 (2%)

1 / 23 (4%)

0 / 30 (0%)

 

Illiterate

5 / 53 (9%)

1 / 23 (4%)

4 / 30 (13%)

 

(Missing data)

36

14

22

 

Comorbidity

73 / 89 (82%)

30 / 37 (81%)

43 / 52 (83%)

0.845

Heart

4 / 89 (4%)

2 / 37 (5%)

2 / 52 (4%)

> 0.999

Pulmonary

9 / 89 (10%)

5 / 37 (14%)

4 / 52 (8%)

0.481

Renal

8 / 89 (9%)

3 / 37 (8%)

5 / 52 (10%)

> 0.999

Liver

3 / 89 (3%)

0 / 37 (0%)

3 / 52 (6%)

0.263

Autoimmune

10 / 89 (11%)

5 / 37 (14%)

5 / 52 (10%)

0.736

Degenerative orthopedic

4 / 89 (4%)

0 / 37 (0%)

4 / 52 (8%)

0.138

Vascular

   

> 0.999

Deep vein thrombosis

3 / 7 (43%)

2 / 5 (40%)

1 / 2 (50%)

 

Aortic aneurysm

2 / 7 (29%)

1 / 5 (20%)

1 / 2 (50%)

 

Stroke

2 / 7 (29%)

2 / 5 (40%)

0 / 2 (0%)

 

(Missing data)

82

32

50

 

ECOG

   

< 0.001

2

44 / 89 (49%)

27 / 37 (73%)

17 / 52 (33%)

 

3

42 / 89 (47%)

10 / 37 (27%)

32 / 52 (62%)

 

4

3 / 89 (3%)

0 / 37 (0%)

3 / 52 (6%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

22.68

(18.61, 26.19)

24.44

(19.65, 28.91)

20.96

(18.33, 25.21)

0.056

Smoking

45 / 89 (51%)

19 / 37 (51%)

26 / 52 (50%)

0.900

Alcoholism

19 / 89 (21%)

9 / 37 (24%)

10 / 52 (19%)

0.563

Diabetes mellitus

22 / 89 (25%)

8 / 37 (22%)

14 / 52 (27%)

0.568

Hypertension

42 / 89 (47%)

17 / 37 (46%)

25 / 52 (48%)

0.843

Number of metastasis sites

2.00

(1.00, 3.00)

2.00

(1.00, 2.00)

2.00

(1.00, 3.00)

0.326

Site

   

0.865

Breast

15 / 89 (17%)

8 / 37 (22%)

7 / 52 (13%)

 

Colon

9 / 89 (10%)

4 / 37 (11%)

5 / 52 (10%)

 

Lung

23 / 89 (26%)

10 / 37 (27%)

13 / 52 (25%)

 

Others

29 / 89 (33%)

11 / 37 (30%)

18 / 52 (35%)

 

Ovary

8 / 89 (9%)

2 / 37 (5%)

6 / 52 (12%)

 

Stomach

5 / 89 (6%)

2 / 37 (5%)

3 / 52 (6%)

 

Hormone therapy

6 (7%)

5 / 37 (14%)

1 / 52 (2%)

0.078

Dose reduction of CTx

18 (20%)

0 (0%)

18 (35%)

< 0.001

Admission to ICU

18 (20%)

7 (19%)

11 (21%)

0.796

Orotracheal intubation or mechanical ventilation

16 (18%)

7 (19%)

9 (17%)

0.845

Central venous catheter

29 (33%)

12 (32%)

17 (33%)

0.979

Blood transfusion

13 (15%)

4 (11%)

9 (17%)

0.392

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

15 (17%)

7 (19%)

8 (15%)

0.661

Previous lines of chemotherapy

19 (21%)

7 (19%)

12 (23%)

0.637

Hemoglobin

9.99 (1.96)

10.53 (2.00)

9.61 (1.86)

0.031

Hematocrit

30.00 (5.75)

31.43 (6.06)

28.98 (5.35)

0.052

Leukocytes

12,200.00 (9,400.00, 15,100.00)

9,800.00 (7,700.00, 14,000.00)

13,550.00 (10,350.00, 17,125.00)

0.002

Neutrophils

8,820.00 (6,870.00, 13,000.00)

7,420.00 (6,200.00, 10,800.00)

10,285.00 (8,100.00, 14,060.00)

0.012

Platelets

296,000.00 (210,000.00, 407,000.00)

282,000.00 (203,000.00, 377,000.00)

318,500.00 (224,250.00, 456,750.00)

0.125

Aspartate aminotransferase

28.00

(19.00, 73.00)

24.50

(19.00, 40.75)

31.00

(19.00, 103.10)

0.198

(Missing data)

26

9

17

 

Alanine aminotransferase

28.00 (13.00, 58.45)

24.00 (13.50, 35.50)

31.00 (12.50, 69.00)

0.387

(Missing data)

26

9

17

 

Total bilirubin

0.40 (0.30, 1.25)

0.35 (0.20, 0.62)

0.60 (0.30, 1.55)

0.074

(Missing data)

26

9

17

 

Direct bilirubin

0.20 (0.20, 1.10)

0.20 (0.18, 0.32)

0.40 (0.20, 1.45)

0.046

(Missing data)

26

9

17

 

Ionized calcium

5.30 (5.00, 5.57)

5.30 (5.10, 5.60)

5.20 (5.00, 5.50)

0.054

(Missing data)

3

0

3

 

Creatinine

0.70 (0.50, 0.90)

0.60 (0.40, 0.90)

0.70 (0.50, 1.02)

0.173

Urea

40.00 (25.00, 63.00)

31.00 (22.00, 50.00)

43.00 (31.00, 76.75)

0.003

Creatinine clearance

92.08 (63.95, 133.88)

120.68 (78.62, 157.36)

78.19 (57.02, 118.87)

0.011

Uric acid

3.90 (2.40, 4.55)

4.00 (2.05, 4.40)

3.75 (2.93, 4.78)

0.738

(Missing data)

66

30

36

 

Albumin

2.90 (2.30, 3.40)

3.40 (2.98, 3.50)

2.40 (2.20, 3.00)

0.001

(Missing data)

52

21

31

 

Lactate dehydrogenase

378.50 (218.75, 550.75)

374.00 (213.00, 464.50)

391.00 (259.00, 694.00)

0.261

(Missing data)

69

26

43

 

 C-reactive protein

71.50 (39.75, 156.25)

54.00 (27.00, 126.00)

96.00 (50.75, 172.50)

0.010

(Missing data)

1

0

1

 
  1. Notes: 1n / N (%); mean (standard deviation); median (interquartile range)
  2. 2Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Welch’s two sample t-test; Fisher’s exact test; Wilcoxon rank sum test; Wilcoxon rank sum exact test. CTx = chemotherapy, BMI = body-mass index, ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status, ICU = intensive care unit