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Table 1 Baseline data of enrolled patients (n = 108)

From: Early rehabilitation program and weaning outcomes in critically ill chronic obstructed airway disease patients: a randomized trial

Variable name

Group 1 (n = 53)

Group 2 (n = 55)

p-value

Age (years), mean ± SD

66.30 ± 7.97

65.82 ± 9.31

0.773

Median (range)

67 (48–83)

67 (49–83)

 

Sex, n (%)

  

0.920

 • Male

39

(73.6)

40

(72.7)

 

 • Female

14

(26.4)

15

(27.3)

Smoking status, n (%)

    

0.950

 • Nonsmoker

4

(7.5)

4

(7.3)

 

 • smoker

36

(67.9)

36

(65.5)

 

 • Passive smoker

13

(24.5)

15

(27.3)

 

Smoking index, mean ± SD

36

3.78 ± 119.31

37

6.58 ± 90.62

0.610

Drug addiction, n (%)

17

(32.1)

12

(21.8)

0.229

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

16

(30.2)

16

(29.1)

0.901

Hypertension, n (%)

11

(20.8)

12

(21.8)

0.893

Chronic kidney disease, n (%)

4

(7.5)

3

(5.5)

0.713

Liver disease, n (%)

5

(9.4)

4

(7.3)

0.740

Cardiac disease, n (%)

8

(15.1)

7

(12.7)

0.722

  1. Data are presented in the form of mean ± SD with median (range) or n (%). *Significance defined by P < 0.05. Group 1 (n = 53), patients. who had undergone early rehabilitation. Group 2 (n = 55), patients who had usual care