Changes in serum adiponectin concentrations in critical illness: a preliminary investigation

Table 1 Demographic, diagnostic, sickness severity and endocrine profiles of the study group

Category	APACHE	Hospital survival	D3 Adiponectin	D3 Cortisone	D3 Cortisol	D3 CRP	D7 Adiponectin	D7 Cortisone	D7 Cortisol	D7 CRP
Sepsis	10	Survived	4.7	24	238	187	4.6	33	321	146
Sepsis	16	Survived	1.6	34	331	223	3.1	33	413	85
Sepsis	22	Survived	4.4	26	462	286	7.4	24	490	301
Sepsis	8	Survived	4.4	19	97	147	2.6	31	444	403
Sepsis	19	Survived	1.0	23	288	265	2.4	31	325	204
Sepsis	28	Survived	2.4	N/A	N/A	447	3.4	13	323	266
Sepsis	24	Survived	5.1	21	173	202	8.9	23	998	94
Sepsis	14	Died	4.4	14	451	264	3.3	13	230	166
Sepsis	13	Survived	8.3	93	2620	278	14.3	35	1770	166
Trauma	12	Survived	2.9	17	371	347	3.6	12	336	184
Trauma	19	Survived	N/A	32	159	109	3.1	28	352	N/A
Trauma	15	Survived	4.7	36	162	266	N/A	2	463	76
Trauma	12	Survived	3.5	50	379	224	5.6	4	83	178
Trauma	12	Survived	6.0	62	681	N/A	7.0	14	517	76
Trauma	10	Survived	7.4	11	264	324	2.3	N/A	N/A	564
Trauma	18	Survived	4.8	42	588	258	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Burns	15	Unknown	4.2	22	180	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Burns	7	Survived	N/A	13	364	N/A	9.1	36	279	154
Burns	16	Survived	2.8	36	368	218	N/A	25	372	410
Burns	19	Unknown	4.0	28	135	104	3.0	17	217	198
Burns	17	Survived	3.2	26	262	202	5.3	35	411	376
Burns	25	Survived	N/A	34	311	241	2.8	17	197	251
Burns	24	Died	2.8	27	322	144	2.7	16	283	228

Cortisol and Cortisone expressed in nmol/.
Adiponectin expressed in mcg/ml.
APACHE = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CRP = C-reactive protein; N/A = not available.

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