The Relation between Sarcopenia and Mortality in Patients at Intensive Care Unit

Table 4

Association of the demographic parameters and the physical characteristics in study population.

	Right PSOAS	Left PSOAS	Total PSOAS
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Gender
Male	9,88 ± 3,55	10,14 ± 3,30	20,01 ± 6,65
Female	6,33 ± 2,32	6,53 ± 2,19	12,86 ± 4,32
	<0,001	<0,001	<0,001
Smoking
Yes	9,26 ± 3,51	9,57 ± 3,26	18,83 ± 6,59
No	7,65 ± 3,54	7,78 ± 3,40	15,44 ± 6,79
	<0,001	<0,001	<0,001
Diabetes Mellitus
Yes	8,26 ± 2,57	8,54 ± 2,55	16,80 ± 4,97
No	8,85 ± 3,98	9,07 ± 3,75	17,92 ± 7,56
	0,488	0,497	0,473
Dyspnea
Yes	8,02 ± 3,52	8,26 ± 3,31	16,28 ± 6,63
No	9,72 ± 3,49	9,97 ± 3,35	19,69 ± 6,71
	<0,001	<0,001	<0,001
Renal insufficiency
Yes	8,28 ± 3,38	8,54 ± 2,96	16,83 ± 6,06
No	8,86 ± 3,70	9,09 ± 3,63	17,93 ± 7,21
	0,212	0,303	0,259
Cancer
Yes	8,39 ± 3,00	8,68 ± 2,88	17,07 ± 5,78
No	8,87 ± 3,99	9,07 ± 3,78	17,93 ± 7,56
	0,701	0,790	0,710
CHF
Yes	7,98 ± 3,41	8,30 ± 2,92	16,29 ± 6,08
No	8,98 ± 3,65	9,18 ± 3,60	18,16 ± 7,12
	0,005	0,030	0,013
COPD
Yes	7,76 ± 3,68	7,77 ± 2,75	15,53 ± 6,10
No	8,87 ± 3,55	9,16 ± 3,51	18,03 ± 6,94
	0,004	0,004	0,003

CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.