Association of initial intracellular signalling pathway and cytokine level with early mortality in severe sepsis patients

Table 2 Initial intracellular signalling pathway and cytokine level based on 72-hour survival

Parameter	Survived subjects (n= 63)	Death subjects (n= 27)	P value
IKK-β^a	0.10 (0.03)	0.12 (0,03)	0.025
Total NF-κB^a	0.08 (0.08)	0.12 (0.08)	0.036
Phospho NF-κB^a	0.10 (0.38)	0.33 (0.38)	0.579
TNFα^b	9.10 (7.80)	10.91 (11.74)	0.393

^aMedian (interquartile range) in optical density, Mann-Whitney test. ^bMean (standard deviation) in pg/ml, t test.

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