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Table 1 General characteristics of the population, outcome, and type of sepsis

From: Relationship between lipoprotein concentrations and short-term and 1-year mortality in intensive care unit septic patients: results from the HIGHSEPS study

 

All patients (n = 205)

Patients dead at 28 days (n = 35)

Patients alive at 28 days (n = 170)

p

Male (n; %)

108; 52%

21; 60%

87; 51%

0.3595

Age (years), med (IQR)

63 (52–73)

67 (62–77)

63 (51–72)

0.0208

Weight (kg), med (IQR)

75 (64–90)

70 (60–86)

78 (65–90)

0.1593

Statin (n; %)

63; 31%

8; 22%

55; 32%

0.3183

Septic shock (n; %)

149; 73%

33; 22%

116; 78%

0.0008

Severe sepsis (n; %)

56; 27%

2; 4%

54; 96%

 < 0.0001

Bacteremia (n; %)

53; 26%

12; 23%

41; 77%

0.1259

Intra-abdominal sepsis (n; %)

87; 42%

16; 18%

71; 82%

0.7095

Pleuropulmonary sepsis (n; %)

29; 14%

6; 21%

23; 79%

0.5960

Urinary tract infections (n; %)

35; 17%

3; 9%

32; 91%

0.2157

Skin and soft tissue infections (n; %)

35; 17%

8; 23%

27; 77%

0.3280

Other sepsis (n; %)

19; 10%

2; 11%

17; 89%

0.5397

KDIGO AKI stage max, med (IQR)

1 (0–3)

3 (2–3)

1 (0–2)

< 0.0001

SAPSII score day 1, med (IQR)

57 (40–68)

75 (64–89)

54 (38–63)

< 0.0001

SOFA day 1, med (IQR)

7 (4–9)

10 (7–12)

6 (4–8)

< 0.0001

Lactate day 1 (mmol/l), med (IQR)

2.2 (1.4–3.4)

3.0 (2.0–5.3)

2.1 (1.3–3.3)

0.0002

Norepinephrine day 1 (micg/kg/min), med (IQR)

0.23 (0.0–0.55)

0.66 (0.48–1.24)

0.18 (0–0.41)

< 0.0001

RRT day 1 (n; %)

22; 11%

9; 26%

13; 8%

0.0044

SOFA day 3, med (IQR)

4 (1–7)

11 (7–13)

3 (1–6)

< 0.0001

Lactate day 3 (mmol/l), med (IQR)

1.4 (1.0–1.9)

2.4 (1.8–6.9)

1.3 (0.9–1.8)

< 0.0001

Norepinephrine day 3 (micg/kg/min), med (IQR)

0.0 (0.0–0.24)

0.48 (0.25–0.91)

0.0 (0.0- 0.1)

< 0.0001

RRT day 3 (n; %)

25; 12%

12; 34%

13; 8%

0.0001

Length of stay in ICU (days), med (IQR)

7 (3–16)

6 (3–13)

7 (4–17)

0.0724

Length of mechanical ventilation (days), med (IQR)

2 (0–8)

5 (2–12)

2 (0–7)

0.0007

Days alive without MV at D28, med (IQR)

26 (11–28)

0 (0–2)

26 (21–28)

< 0.0001

  1. Stratification according to mortality at day 28. Mann–Whitney's test was used for continuous variables, and Fisher's exact test was used for categorical variables
  2. KDIGO Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes, SAPSII Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, SOFA Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment, RRT renal replacement therapy, MV mechanical ventilation