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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients

From: Revision of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (JAAM) disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) diagnostic criteria using antithrombin activity

 

Survivors (n = 546)

Non-survivors (n = 273)

P value

Age, years

69 (56 − 78)

72 (62 − 80)

0.007

Gender, male/female

285/261

175/98

0.001

Body weight, kg

51.8 (44.6 − 61.2)

53.0 (45.0 − 62.0)

0.580

DIC score

5 (4 − 7)

6 (4 − 7)

0.183

SOFA score

9 (6 − 12)

12 (8 − 14)

0.000

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

160 (29.3)

159 (58.3)

0.000

SIRS score

3 (2 − 4)

3 (2 − 4)

0.037

SIRS score 3, n (%)

343 (62.8)

195 (71.4)

0.000

Bleeding symptoms, n (%)

69 (12.6)

50 (18.3)

0.030

Coagulation parameters

 Platelet count, ×109/L

6.7 (3.8 − 10.2)

5.9 (3.2 − 8.9)

0.026

 FDP, μg/mL

28.0 (13.2 − 50.1)

24.9 (11.1 − 44.6)

0.095

 PT ratio

1.31 (1.17 − 1.50)

1.42 (1.22 − 1.70)

0.000

 AT activity, n (%)

56 (44 − 70)

51 (36 − 65)

0.000

  1. Continuous variables are given as median (interquartile range)
  2. AT antithrombin, DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation, FDP fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products, PT prothrombin time, SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment