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Table 1 Clinical characteristics according to tertiles of baseline thrombospondin-1 concentration

From: Baseline thrombospondin-1 concentrations are not associated with mortality in septic patients: a single-center cohort study on the intensive care unit

 

Tertile 1

Tertile 2

Tertile 3

p

n (%)

79 (33.6)

78 (33.2)

78 (33.2)

 

TSP-1 (ng/mL), median (IQRb)

194 (102–258)

463(399–571)

874 (765–1174)

 

Men, n (%)

57 (72.2)

50 (64.1)

44 (56.4)

0.12

Age (years), median (IQR)

65 (52–75)

60 (45–70)

62 (52–74)

0.11

BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)

24.5 (22.6–27.0)

24.8 (22.0–27.0)

23.9 (22.0–27.8)

0.97

Admission via OR, n (%)

20 (25.3)

18 (23.1)

20 (25.3)

0.95

APACHE IV (score), median (IQR)

74 (54–95)

81 (60–97)

72 (55–86)

0.56

CRP (mg/L), median (IQR)

172 (90–285)

215 (145–298)

200 (127–299)

0.19

PCT (ug/L), median (IQR)

1.69 (0.49–7.19)

1.45 (0.37–7.58)

1.82 (0.64–5.07)

0.89

Severity of sepsis

    

 Sepsis, n (%)

43 (31.6)

54 (39.7)

39 (28.7)

0.08

 Severe sepsis, n (%)

15 (30.6)

12 (24.5)

22 (44.9)

 Septic shock, n (%)

21 (42)

12 (24)

17 (34)

  1. Data are presented as numbers with proportions and medians with IQR (TSP-1, age, BMI, APACHE IV score, CRP, and PCT are not normally distributed)
  2. TSP-1 thrombospondin-1, IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, OR operation room, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, CRP c-reactive protein, PCT procalcitonin