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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients included in this analysis.

From: Growth differentiation factor-15 and prognosis in acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective cohort study

 

Alive at 60 days

(n = 294)

Dead at 60 days

(n = 106)

P value

Age

47 [37,57]

51 [40,65]

0.01

Gender (% male)

51

57

0.35

Race (%)

  

0.04

  White

70

55

 

  African American

20

30

 

  Hispanic

7

9

 

  Other

3

6

 

ARDS risk factor (%)

   

  Sepsis

38

53

0.01

  Aspiration

22

18

0.33

  Pneumonia

64

67

0.62

  Trauma

10

5

0.10

  Other

9

6

0.30

Comorbidities (%)

   

  Diabetes mellitus

18

16

0.27

  Cirrhosis

4

3

0.62

  Immunosuppression

6

17

<0.01

APACHE III score

86 [67,106]

111 [91,132]

<0.01

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.9 [0.7, 1.4]

1.3 [0.9, 1.9]

<0.01

PaO2/FiO2

153 [104, 210]

143 [94, 198]

0.17

GDF-15 Level (pg/mL)

5,222 [3,174, 12,748}

9,743 [5,811, 13,462]

< 0.001

  1. Continuous variables are presented as median [interquartile range].