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Table 2 Association of several variables obtained on admission with 28-day mortality

From: Plasma adrenomedullin is associated with short-term mortality and vasopressor requirement in patients admitted with sepsis

Variable

Died within 28 days (n = 29)

Survived 28 days (n = 72)

P-value

ADM, pg/mL, median (IQR)

83.8 (48.3 to 232)

50 (31.2 to 77)

<0.001

PCT, ng/mL, median (IQR)

4.8 (1.4 to 13.9)

2.2 (0.6 to 8.9)

0.0523

Creatinine clearance, mL/minute, median (IQR)

31.5 (16 to 68)

56 (28 to 81)

0.0539

Creatinine, mg/dL, median (IQR)

1.8 (1 to 3.1)

1.25 (0.9 to 2.1)

0.0922

CRP, mg/dL, median (IQR)

17.4 (6.8 to 26.9)

14.5 (6.4 to 23.5)

0.7114

White cells, 109 cells/L, median (IQR)

11.0 (26.5 to 17.2)

13.3 (8.1 to 17.7)

0.2416

Platelets, 109 cells/L, median (IQR)

185 (127 to 237)

217 (162 to 299)

0.0979

APACHE II score, points, median (IQR)

22 (18 to 27)

14 (12 to 18)

<0.001

  1. ADM, Adrenomedullin; PCT, Procalcitonin; CRP, C-reactive protein; APACHE II, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II.