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Table 3 Overview of multiple organ failure scores

From: Obese trauma patients are at increased risk of early hypovolemic shock: a retrospective cohort analysis of 1,084 severely injured patients

 

Body mass index

 

Organ failure score

< 18.5

18.5 to 24.9

25 to 29.9

≥ 30

P valuea

Marshall score

     

   Admission

3.9 ± 2.7

4.2 ± 3.0

4.7 ± 3.3

5.2 ± 3.4*

0.013

   Maximum

4.9 ± 3.6

5.0 ± 3.5

6.0 ± 4.1

6.5 ± 3.7*

< 0.001

Goris score

     

   Admission

4.0 ± 2.1

4.2 ± 2.3

4.3 ± 2.4

4.8 ± 2.7

0.37

   Maximum

4.6 ± 2.5

4.4 ± 2.5

4.7 ± 2.5

5.1 ± 2.7

0.06

SOFA score

     

   Admission

5.5 ± 3.6

5.8 ± 3.8

6.1 ± 4.0

6.8 ± 4.2

0.24

   Maximum

6.3 ± 4.2

6.8 ± 4.4

7.5 ± 4.7

7.9 ± 4.4*

0.032

Murray score

     

   Admission

0.9 ± 0.9

0.9 ± 1.1

1.1 ± 1.1

1.1 ± 1.0

0.08

   Maximum

1.3 ± 0.9

1.5 ± 1.4

1.7 ± 1.3

1.1 ± 1.9*

0.001

SIRS score

     

   Admission

2.3 ± 1.1

2.4 ± 1.1

2.3 ± 1.1

2.5 ± 1.1

0.24

   Maximum

2.7 ± 1.3

2.4 ± 1.4

2.6 ± 1.3

2.7 ± 1.3

0.07

  1. P-values < 0.05 in bold. SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment. aP value indicates overall comparisons between all BMI groups. BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 serves as the control group. *Significant differences between BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 and BMI ≥ 30.
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