Table 1: Comparison of clinical characteristics of patients between the metformin group and no-metformin group.
|
|
Metformin group |
Non-metformin group |
|
Age years |
63 (56-68) |
65 (58-71) |
|
Male |
55 |
80 |
|
Female |
65 |
100 |
|
Underlying diseases |
|
|
|
Hypertension |
117 |
175 |
|
Coronary heart disease |
20 |
42 |
|
Malignancies |
0 |
0 |
|
Chronic nephrosis |
0 |
0 |
|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases |
0 |
0 |
|
Clinical severity |
|
|
|
Moderately ill |
42 |
45 |
|
Seriously ill |
75 |
128 |
|
Critically ill |
3 |
7 |
|
Oxygen support |
|
|
|
Non invasive |
117 |
173 |
|
Invasive |
3 |
7 |
P-value for this table 1 compared between two groups is about 0.15.