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Table 1 Baseline demographics for clinical evaluation committee community-acquired pneumonia patients

From: A clinical evaluation committee assessment of recombinant human tissue factor pathway inhibitor (tifacogin) in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia

 

Tifacogin

n = 251

Placebo

n = 245

Selected

P value

Age in years, mean ± standard deviation

60.5 ± 15.8

60.2 ± 15.1

 

Gender, number (percentage)

   

   Female

91 (36)

100 (41)

 

   Male

160 (64)

145 (59)

 

Ethnicity, number (percentage)

   

   Caucasian

207 (82)

199 (81)

 

   Black

26 (10)

20 (8)

 

   Hispanic

9 (4)

12 (5)

 

   Asian

5 (2)

7 (3)

 

   Other

4 (2)

7 (3)

 

Baseline APACHE II score

   

   Mean ± standard deviation

25.6 ± 7.0

25.2 ± 6.7

 

Baseline interleukin-6

434.6

478.9

 

   Geometric mean (95% CI)

(329.2, 573.6)

(355.1, 645.9)

 

Baseline procalcitonin

   

   Geometric mean (95% CI)

8.89 (7.15, 11.05)

8.09 (6.35, 10.31)

 

   <2 ng/mL, number (percentage)

50 (20)

60 (25)

 

Shock, number (percentage)

163 (65)

176 (72)

0.10

Ventilatory support, number (percentage)

193 (77)

200 (82)

0.19

Number of organ dysfunctions, number (percentage)

   

   Two or less

87 (35)

72 (29)

0.21

   Three or more

164 (65)

173 (71)

 

Heparin use, number (percentage)

172 (69)

167 (68)

 

Organism identified, number (percentage)

170 (68)

154 (63)

 
  1. APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; CI, confidence interval.