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Table 3 Organ/metabolic dysfunction score relationships with cholesterol, as a percentage of expected cholesterol, white blood cell count, and percentage immature neutrophil values

From: Following severe injury, hypocholesterolemia improves with convalescence but persists with organ failure or onset of infection

Score

Observations

% WBC as immature neutrophils

WBC % Cholesterol*

(× 103 cells/μl)

% Immature neutrophils

0

60

8.9

81 ± 15

16.4 ± 7.3

1.4 ± 2.6

1

134

19.8

72 ± 21

15.1 ± 6.4

2.5 ± 5.4

2

281

41.6

67 ± 21

15.2 ± 6.3

2.8 ± 4.4

3

167

24.7

62 ± 20

17.8 ± 7.9

4.4 ± 6.0

4

33

4.9

51 ± 14

21.6 ± 8.0

9.3 ± 9.0

5

1

0.1

54 ± 0.0

32.9 ± 0.0

5.0 ± 0.0

   

P = 0.0001

P = 0.0001

P = 0.0001

  1. *Percent cholesterol is the observed value as a percentage of the expected value. Values are mean and standard deviation.
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