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Table 2 Association of patient characteristics with 28-day mortality

From: Oxidative stress-related circulating miRNA-27a is a potential biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis in patients with sepsis

 

Total (N = 48)

Alive (n = 23)

Dead (n = 25)

p-value

Age (years), median (range)

65 (37–92)

58 (37–87)

67 (40–92)

0.059

Sex, n (%)

   

0.145

 Male

27 (56.3%)

10 (43.5%)

17 (68.0%)

 

 Female

21 (43.8%)

13 (56.5%)

8 (32.0%)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

16 (33.3%)

6 (26.1%)

10 (40.0%)

0.368

CVD, n (%)

1 (2.1%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.1%)

1.000

DM, n (%)

10 (20.8%)

3 (13.0%)

7 (28.0%)

0.292

APACHE II score, median (range)

22 (4–32)

21 (4–30)

25 (15–32)

0.015*

SOFA score, median (range)

8 (2–24)

4 (2–15)

10 (2–24)

 < 0.001*

Infectious shock, n (%)

15 (31.3%)

4 (17.4%)

11 (44.0%)

0.065

Multiple organ failure, n (%)

5 (10.4%)

0 (0.0%)

5 (20.0%)

0.020*

CRP (mg/L), median (range)

241.5 (4.9–365.9)

176.9 (4.9–325.0)

259.3 (36.4–365.9)

0.062

PCT (ng/mL), median (range)

21.8 (0.1–100.0)

2.5 (0.1–100.0)

47.0 (1.0–100.0)

0.003*

WBC (× 109/L), median (range)

16.8 (2.3–61.7)

17.2 (10.4–54.2)

15.3 (2.3–61.7)

0.197

MDA (nmol/mL), median (range)

29.4 (0.6–361.7)

25.2 (0.6–361.7)

36.1 (1.2–252.4)

0.421

SOD (U/mL), median (range)

22 (0.3–118.9)

22.0 (0.3–105.7)

21.4 (3.3–118.9)

0.613

GSH-Px (IU), median (range)

1583.0 (555.6–3787.8)

1873.0 (555.6–3680.9)

1569.4 (722.2–3787.8)

0.710

MiR-27a, median (range)

1.0 (0.1–3.5)

0.8 (0.1–3.1)

1.0 (0.2–3.5)

0.013*

Sepsis, n (%)

23 (47.9%)

7 (30.4%)

16 (64.0%)

0.025*

ICU stay, median (range)

8 (1–48)

7 (2–48)

9 (1–41)

0.717

Hospital stat, median (range)

15 (1–59)

24 (5–59)

10 (1–41)

0.010*

  1. CVD, cardiovascular disease; CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, procalcitonin; WBC, white blood cell; APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SOD, superoxide dismutase; MDA, Malondialdehyde; GSH-Px, glutathione peroxidase
  2. *p < 0.05