Annals of Intensive Care

Table 4 Demographic and baseline characteristics of sepsis patients who died and who survived

From: Surfactant protein D (SP-D) gene polymorphism rs721917 is an independent predictor of acute kidney injury development in sepsis patients: a prospective cohort study

Patients	Sepsis		P
Patients	Non-survivors	Survivors	P
N	N = 78	N = 252
Mean age, years (SD)	49 ± 10	46 ± 7	0.001^$$
Male sex, n(%)	51 (65)	107 (43)	0.703
Mean SOFA scores (SD)	14 ± 4	10 ± 2	0.001^$$
Positive blood culture, n(%)	23 (30)	46(22)	0.315
Shock, n(%)	35 (45)	86(34)	0.387
ARDS, n(%)	26 (33)	76(30)	0.583
Comorbidities, n(%)
Hypertension	11 (14)	34(14)	0.533
Diabetes mellitus	15 (19)	38(15)	0.523
Infection foci, n (%)
Respiratory system	36 (46)	106 (42)	0.155
Abdominal cavity	8 (10)	47 (18)	0.640
Urinary tract	9 (12)	62 (25)	0.166
Bloodstream	23 (30)	32 (13)	0.010^$
Unknown	2 (3)	5 (2)	0.089
Average plasma SP-D, ng/mL	153 ± 23	133 ± 24	0.001^$$
Median (IQR) urinary NGAL, ng/mL	572 (524, 623)	491 (471, 539)	0.001^$$

^$Compared with non-survivors, P < 0.05
^$$Compared with non-survivors, P < 0.01

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