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Table 1 Backgrounds of patients

From: High neutrophils and low lymphocytes percentages in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid are prognostic factors of higher in-hospital mortality in diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

Variables

All patients

Survival

Death

p-value

Subject, n

68

50

18

 

Demographics

Age, years

75 (72–80)

75 (71–80)

76 (74–80)

0.42

Males, n

49 (72%)

37 (74%)

12 (67%)

0.56

Comorbidities

Cardiac disease, n

49 (72%)

34 (68%)

15 (83%)

0.36

Respiratory disease, n

16 (24%)

12 (24%)

4 (22%)

1.00

Renal failure, n

4 (5.9%)

2 (4.0%)

2 (11%)

0.28

Malignancy, n

9 (13%)

6 (12%)

3 (17%)

0.69

Antithrombotic therapies

Antithrombotic therapy, n

48 (71%)

33 (66%)

15 (83%)

0.23

Antiplatelet drugs alone, n

7 (10%)

4 (8.0%)

3 (17%)

0.37

Anticoagulant drugs alone, n

23 (34%)

16 (32%)

7 (39%)

0.77

Antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs, n

18 (26%)

13 (26%)

5 (28%)

1.00

Etiological diseases of DAH

Immune disease, n

6 (8.8%)

3 (6.0%)

3 (17%)

0.33

Drug-induced pneumonitis, n

4 (5.9%)

3 (6.0%)

1 (5.6%)

1.00

Heart failure, n

3 (4.4%)

1 (2.0%)

2 (11%)

0.17

Infection, n

9 (13%)

5 (10%)

4 (22%)

0.23

Other disease, n

9 (13%)

7 (14%)

2 (11%)

1.00

Idiopathic, n

37 (54%)

31 (62%)

6 (33%)

0.053

  1. Data presented as median (IQR) or absolute values (percentage)
  2. DAH diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, IQR interquartile range