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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of all patients included in this study by DIC status (N=415)

From: Differential effect of lactate in predicting mortality in septic patients with or without disseminated intravascular coagulation: a multicenter, retrospective, observational study

Parameter

All (n = 415)

DIC group (n = 159)

Non-DIC group (n = 256)

p value

Men, n/%

281/68%

111/70%

170/66%

0.518

Age, years

72 (63–78)

71 (64–79)

72 (62–77)

0.6715

BMI

21 (18.5–23.6)

21 (18.4–23.7)

21 (18.6–23.5)

0.9842

SOFA score

7 (4–11)

10 (7–13)

6 (3–9)

< 0.001

SIRS score

2 (2–3)

3 (2–3)

2 (1–3)

< 0.001

APACHE II score

23 (17–30)

26 (20–35)

21 (16–28)

< 0.001

Lactate value, mmol/L

1.7 (1.1–3.3)

2.6 (1.3–4.6)

1.6 (1.0–2.6)

< 0.001

Source of sepsis

 Abdominal, n/%

158/38%

59/37%

99/39%

0.756

 Respiratory, n/%

134/32%

49/31%

85/33%

0.666

 Intravascular, n/%

45/11%

18/11%

27/11%

0.871

 Skin/joint, n/%

42/10%

8/5.0%

34/13%

0.007

 Urinary tract, n/%

18/4.3%

13/8.2%

5/2.0%

0.005

 Central nervous system, n/%

4/0.97%

1/0.62%

3/1.2%

> 0.999

 Unknown, n/%

14/3.4%

11/6.9%

3/1.2%

0.003

ICU stay, days

7 (4.0–13)

9 (5.0–18)

6 (3.8–11)

< 0.001

Hospital stay, days

49 (24–99)

50 (26–93)

49 (23–101)

0.658

28-day mortality, n/%

60/14.5%

35/22.0%

25/9.8%

< 0.001

90-day mortality, n/%

109/26.3%

66/41.5%

43/16.8%

< 0.001

  1. Data are presented as median and interquartile ranges (25–75% percentile) or as absolute frequencies with percentages. APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, BMI body mass index, JAAM-DIC Japanese Association for Acute Medicine—disseminated intravascular coagulation, ICU stay intensive care unit stay, SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome, SOFA Sequential (sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment