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Table 1 Population characteristics

From: Relationship between CRP and hypofibrinolysis: Is this a possible mechanism to explain the association between CRP and outcome in critically ill patients?

 

Sepsis (n = 11)

Non-sepsis (n = 21)

p value

Age, years

68 ± 19

67 ± 17

0.95

SAPS II

47 ± 11

25 ± 14

0.001

ICU stay, days

11.6 ± 7.8

6.7 ± 6.8

0.07

Death, n (%)

2 (18)

3 (14)

0.57

Leukocytes (×103 cells/μl)

10.4 ± 4.5

10.9 ± 3.7

0.74

Monocytes (×103 cells/μl)

549 ± 225

711 ± 398

0.24

Platelets (×103 cells/μl)

207 ± 157

234 ± 94

0.54

Fibrinogen (mg/dl)

657 ± 123

445 ± 132

<0.001

CRP (mg/dl)

24.2 ± 10.5

7.6 ± 6.1

<0.001

ECLT (min)

1104 ± 439

665 ± 275

0.002

  1. Mean ± SD; p value (t-stest).
  2. SAPS : Simplified Acute Physiologic Score; ICU : Intensive Care Unit; CRP : C-Reactive Protein;
  3. ECLT : Euglobulin Clot Lysis Test