Patient Characteristics TotalCanada Australia and NZ USA Europe and South Africa Latin America Asiap values† N 3174361602670416442683 Age (years) mean (SD) 60.3(17.8)64.6(16.0)58.2(17.8)61.5(17.2)58.8(17.1)56.7(19.4)62.0(17.7)<0.001 Sex Male (%) 1884 (59.4%) 191 (52.9%)365 (60.6%)353 (52.7%)260 (62.5%)257 (58.1%)458 (67.1%)<0.001 Admission Medical 2031 (64.0%) 260 (72.0%)370 (61.5%)474 (70.7%)224 (53.8%)284 (64.3%)419 (61.3%)0.01 Elective surgery 361 (11.4%)35 (9.7%)74 (12.3%)53 (7.9%)56 (13.5%)28 (6.3%)115 (16.8%) Emergent surgery 782 (24.6%)66 (18.3%)158 (26.2%)143 (21.3%)136 (32.7%)130 (29.4%)149 (21.8%) Weight (kg) mean (SD) 76.3(24.5)78.2(24.2)81.1(25.2)86.3(31.9)77.9( 20.2)71.3(16.3)63.6(14.4)< 0.001 BMI mean (SD) 26.9(7.5)27.8(7.6)27.9(7.7)29.8(9.9)26.8(6.5)25.9(5.1)23.7(4.7) < 0.001 APACHE II mean (SD) 21.9(7.7)23.7(7.1)22.2(7.9)22.4(7.4)21.5(8.2)19.9(7.1)21.9(7.7)0.06 NUTRIC >4 161 (44.6%)173 (28.7%)230 (34.3%)139 (33.4%)107 (24.2%)203 (29.7%) 0.002 NUTRIC <=4 200 (55.4%)429 (71.3%)440 (65.7%)277 (66.6%)335 (75.8%)480 (70.3%)