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Table 2 Outcomes of patients with hypophosphatemia, normophosphatemia and hyperphosphatemia

From: Association between phosphate disturbances and mortality among critically ill patients with sepsis or septic shock

Variable Hypophosphatemia group
N = 188
Normophosphatemia group
N = 865
Hyperphosphatemia group
N = 369
p-value
Categorical outcomes
ICU mortality, n (%) 21 (11.4) 143 (17.1) 114 (32.0) < 0.0001
Hospital mortality, n (%) 44 (23.5) 226 (26.2) 165 (44.7) < 0.0001
Continuous outcomes in all patients
ICU length of stay (days), median (Q1, Q3) 3.1 (0.83, 9.3) 3.9 (1.04, 10.04) 2.8 (0.7, 10) 0.09
Hospital length of stay (days), median (Q1, Q3) 22 (7, 51) 22 (12, 51) 17 (7, 39) 0.001
Mechanical ventilation duration (days), median (Q1, Q3) 0 (0, 4) 1 (0, 6) 2 (0, 6) 0.005
Continuous outcomes in survivors
ICU length of stay (days), median (Q1, Q3) 2.8 (0.7, 8.5) 3.3 (0.9, 9.1) 2.7 (0.4, 9.9) 0.42
Hospital length of stay (days), median (Q1, Q3) 22 (10, 53) 22 (12, 52) 26.5 (14.5, 65) 0.46
Mechanical ventilation duration (days), median (Q1, Q3) 0 (0, 4) 0 (0, 3) 1 (0, 4) 0.21
  1. ICU intensive care unit, Q1 the first quartile, Q3 the third quartile