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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all patients and according to survival

From: Adrenomedullin and endothelin-1 are associated with myocardial injury and death in septic shock patients

   Mortality at 28 days Mortality at 7 days
All Survivors Non-survivors P value Survivors Non-survivors P value
(n = 53) (n = 38) (n = 15)   (n = 43) (n = 10)  
Age, years 65 (20) 60 (22) 72 (8) 0.007 61 (19) 76 (8) 0.026
APACHE II, score 24 (10) 23 (11) 28 (14) 0.026 24 (11) 29 (10) 0.015
SOFA score, admission 12 (5) 11 (4) 14 (2) 0.002 11 (4) 14 (3) 0.002
Body mass index, kg/m2 26 (5) 27 (7) 24 (4) 0.008 26 (7) 24 (4) 0.094
Gender (male/female), n 37/16 26/12 11/4 1 30/13 7/3 1
Medical/surgical, n 37/16 26/12 11/4 1 30/13 7/3 1
  1. APACHE acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment
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