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Table 1 Characteristics of patients stratified for survival and non-survival

From: Inflammatory and coagulatory parameters linked to survival in critically ill children with sepsis

Characteristicsa

Total (n = 250)

Survivors (n = 209)

Non-survivors (n = 41)

Estimate with 95% CIb

p valuec

Female gender

116/250 (46.4%)

97/209 (46.4%)

19/41 (46.3%)

1 (0.48 to 2.06)

1

Aged (months)

34.83 (6.47–108.63)

35.5 (7.16–111.45)

23.8 (1.43–81.97)

3.33 (− 6.55 to 18.07)

0.2725

Neonates < 1 month

22/249 (8.8%)

14/208 (6.7%)

8/41 (19.5%)

3.34 (1.12 to 9.34)

0.0149

Infants 1–3 months

24/249 (9.6%)

20/208 (9.6%)

4/41 (9.8%)

1.02 (0.24 to 3.28)

1

Diagnosed underlying disease

Central nervous system

46/250 (18.4%)

34/209 (16.3%)

12/41 (29.3%)

2.12 (0.89 to 4.82)

0.075

Cardiovascular

39/250 (15.6%)

31/209 (14.8%)

8/41 (19.5%)

1.39 (0.51 to 3.45)

0.4808

Digestive tract

41/250 (16.4%)

32/209 (15.3%)

9/41 (22%)

1.55 (0.59 to 3.74)

0.3546

Respiratory system

51/250 (20.4%)

41/209 (19.6%)

10/41 (24.4%)

1.32 (0.53 to 3.05)

0.5258

Oncologic

37/250 (14.8%)

31/209 (14.8%)

6/41 (14.6%)

0.98 (0.31 to 2.64)

1

Kidney

30/250 (12%)

22/209 (10.5%)

8/41 (19.5%)

2.05 (0.73 to 5.31)

0.1169

Liver

18/250 (7.2%)

15/209 (7.2%)

3/41 (7.3%)

1.02 (0.18 to 3.87)

1

Skin

11/250 (4.4%)

10/209 (4.8%)

1/41 (2.4%)

0.5 (0.01 to 3.68)

1

Other diagnosis

30/250 (12%)

25/209 (12%)

5/41 (12.2%)

1.02 (0.29 to 2.97)

1

  1. aBinary data are presented as no./total no. (%) and continuous data as medians (25th–75th percentile)
  2. bOdds ratio for binary variables and estimated median difference for continuous variables
  3. cDifferences between survivors and non-survivors assessed with Fisher’s exact test for binary variables and Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables
  4. dFor one survivor, the exact age in months is not known