Patient demographics versus ICNARC data
| Characteristic | Audit sample (n=72) | ICNARC (n=10 624) | ||
| n (%) | Median | n (%) | Median | |
| Age | 57–60 | 60 | ||
| Gender (%) | ||||
| Male | 75 (66.7*) | 70.2 (58.3*) | ||
| Female | 25 (66.6*) | 29.8 (64.9*) | ||
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White | 68.1 | 66.2 | ||
| Asian | 9.5 | 15.6 | ||
| Black | 11.8 | 9.6 | ||
| Mixed/other | 10.6 | 9.6 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) (%) | ||||
| <18.5 | 0 | 0.8 | ||
| 18.5–24.9 | 18.0 (61.5*) | 25.6 (59.5*) | ||
| 25.0–29.9 | 47.2 (64.7*) | 34.4 (57.9*) | ||
| 30.0–40.0 | 29.2 (66.7*) | 31.4 (63.6*) | ||
| ≥40.0 | 5.6 (100*) | 7.9 (65.3*) | ||
*Survived critical care.
BMI, body mass index; ICNARC, Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre.