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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for all participants, separated for healthy volunteers and ICU patients

From: Diaphragm excursions as proxy for tidal volume during spontaneous breathing in invasively ventilated ICU patients

 

Overall (N = 41)

ICU patients (N = 21)

Healthy volunteers (N = 20)

p value for variable in model

Male sex

26 (63)

16 (76)

10 (50)

0.23

Age (y)

33 (28–63)

60 (49–74)

28.5 (26–31)

0.36

Height (m)

1.8 (1.7–1.8)

1.8 (1.7–1.8)

1.8 (1.7–1.8)

0.96

IBW (kg)

71 (62–72)

68 (62–71)

71 (65–75)

0.75

BMI (kg/m2)

24 (22–26)

25 (23–28)

23 (22–25)

0.97

Thorax circumference (cm)

94 (85–103)

101 (95–114)

87 (80–91)

0.38

Days on IMV at measurement

NA

3 (1–5)

NA

0.63

pH

 

7.44 (7.41–7.46)

  

PaCO2 (mmHg)

 

39 (38–42)

  

PaO2 (mmHg)

 

84 (76–107)

  

PaO2/FiO2

 

285 (222–372)

  

IMV indication

    

 Securing airway

 

4 (19)

  

 Respiratory failure

 

3 (14)

  

 Circulatory failure

 

5 (24)

  

 Neurological/neurotrauma

 

7 (33)

  

 Post-surgery or trauma

 

2 (10)

  
  1. Characteristics were added to the linear mixed model with ICU patients as separate fixed effects; p values represent the statistical effect of these covariates. Categorical data are represented as number with percentage between brackets. Continuous data are represented as median with quartiles. IMV invasive mechanical ventilation, ICU intensive care unit, IBW Ideal Body Weight, BMI Body Mass Index, NA: not applicable