Table 1 Demographics of flow cytometry cohort

n

8

19

11

-

% male

100

83

77

0.38

Age^‡

32 (26–35)

35 (27–44)

34 (27–52)

0.71

ISS^‡

1 (1–2)

10 (9–18)

33 (25–50)

<0.01

Base deficit (mmol/L)^‡

−1.9 (−2.3 to −1.0)

−0.5 (−1.4 to −1.6)

3.8 (2.4–7.9)

<0.01

Time of sample from injury (mins)^‡

66 (60–78)

67 (54–75)

85 (70–95)

0.09

CSL pre-draw (ml)^‡

0 (0)

0 (0)

500 (0–500)

<0.01

SBP on arrival (mmHg)^‡

140 (135–149)

139 (131–145)

109 (96–125)

<0.01

Hospital length of stay (days)^‡

2 (1–3)

7 (3–14)

20 (8–39)

0.07

ICU length of stay (days)^‡

0 (0)

0 (0)

8 (2–13)

<0.01

28-day mortality % (n)

0 (0)

0 (0)

31

<0.01

Percentage^†

Lymphocytes

18 (12–24)

18 (12–23)

17 (8–27)

0.95

Total NK cells

16 (7–24)

14 (11–17)

23 (16–29)

0.02

NK bright

0.6 (0.2–1.0)

1.3 (0.4–2.2)

0.8 (0.4–1.1)

0.12

NK dim

15 (7–23)

13 (10–16)

22 (16–28)

<0.01

Gamma delta high

0.7 (0.4–1.0)

1.4 (0.2–2.5)

1.8 (0.0–3.9)

0.86

Gamma delta low

2.1 (1.2–2.9)

4.0 (2.5–5.5)

0.9 (0.5–1.4)

<0.01

T helpers

32 (26–38)

32 (28–36)

35 (29–41)

0.28

Cytotoxic T cells

23 (18–27)

28 (23–33)

21 (17–25)

0.16

Cell count × 10⁹/L^†

Lymphocytes

2.0 (1.3–3.2)

1.4 (0.4–5.1)

2.5 (1.7–3.6)

0.80

Total NK cells

0.2 (0.1–0.6)

0.5 (0.2–0.7)

0.6 (0.2–0.9)

0.14

NK bright

0.01 (0.01–0.02)

0.03 (0.01–0.05)

0.02 (0.01–0.03)

0.20

NK dim

0.2 (0.1–0.5)

0.4 (0.2–0.6)

0.5 (0.2–0.8)

0.12

Gamma delta high

0.01 (0.01–0.03)

0.04 (0.00–0.09)

0.06 (0.00–0.16)

0.73

Gamma delta low

0.03 (0.01–0.08)

0.09 (0.06–0.12)

0.02 (0.01–0.03)

<0.01

T helpers

0.6 (0.4–0.8)

0.9 (0.7–1.1)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

0.08

Cytotoxic T cells

0.4 (0.3–0.7)

0.8 (0.6–1.0)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

0.46