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Table 1 Comparison between ICU patients and healthy controls

From: Circulating retinol binding protein 4 in critically ill patients before specific treatment: prognostic impact and correlation with organ function, metabolism and inflammation

Parameter

Controls

ICU patients

P value

Number

42

123

 

Sex (male/female)

30/12

81/42

n.s.

Age median (range)

(yr)

53

(24-68)

64

(18-81)

< 0.001

BMI median (range)

(m2/kg)

27.0

(22.0-57.0)

26.1

(15.3-59.5)

n.s.

RBP4 median (range) (mg/L)

28.1

(18.8-255.6)

16.1

(0.3-147.6)

< 0.001

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