Table 1 Characteristics of patients with critical illness.

Male, number (%)

74 (62%)

47 (63%)

27 (60%)

Age, median (y)ear

74 (58.5, 82.5)

76 (63, 83.5)

70.5 (52, 80.5)

BMI, median (m²/kg)

22.7 (20.2, 24.8)

21.6 (19.5, 23.8)

23.9 (21.7, 27.4)

Hypertension, number (%)

58 (48%)

37 (51%)

21 (44%)

Preexisting diabetes, number (%)

46 (38%)

30 (42%)

16 (33%)

Smoking, number (%)

55 (46%)

35 (49%)

20 (42%)

Cardiovascular disease, number (%)

37 (31%)

21 (29%)

16 (33%)

APACHE II score, median

18 (13, 25)

20.5 (16, 26)

14 (12, 22)

ICU days, median

7 (3, 14)

7 (4, 14.5)

6 (3, 13)

Hospital days, median

15 (9, 26)

18.5 (10, 30)

13 (8, 20)

Death during ICU, number (%)

14 (11.7%)

13 (17.3%)

1 (2.2%)

Death before discharge, number (%)

20 (16.7%)

17 (22.7%)

3 (6.7%)

Mechanical ventilation, number (%)

62 (51.7%)

38 (50.7%)

24 (53.3%)

Ventilation time, median (days)

10 (6.5, 24.5)

10.5 (8, 22.5)

9.5 (5, 35)

Fasting glucose, median (mg/dl)

165 (115, 234)

171 (117, 234)

159 (115, 217)

Insulin, median (uIU/ml)

16 (10.8, 22.7)

18.1 (10.8, 23.1)

12.4 (9.1, 22.5)

Creatinine, median (mg/dl)

1.5 (1, 2.25)

1.7 (1.1, 2.6)

1.2 (0.9, 1.8)

Albumin, median (g/dl)

2.9 (2.5, 3.3)

2.7 (2.4, 3.1)

3.3 (2.8, 3.7)

Alkaline phosphatase, median (mg/dl)

26 (17, 41)

25 (16.5, 40)

26.5 (17.5, 42)

C-reactive protein, median (mg/dl)

10.55 (3.38, 23)

13.4 (7.59, 25.8)

5.36 (1.17, 8.08)

TNF-alpha, median (pg/ml)

3.44 (2.08, 7.73)

4.76 (2.57, 9.84)

2.77 (1.50, 3.92)

IL-6, median (pg/ml)

8.89 (6.69, 22.58)

7.87 (6.61, 24.79)

9.80 (7.14, 19.25)

Lactic acid, median (mmol/l)

3.3 (2.1, 5.9)

3.6 (2.5, 6.2)

2.5 (1.5, 5.4)

Procalcitonin, median (ug/l)

1.53 (0.25, 9.90)

4.04 (0.54, 14.03)

0.57 (0.10, 2.06)

A-FABP, median (ng/ml)

43.3 (25.7, 67.2)

46.2 (31.9, 70.2)

38.5 (17.1, 64.3)