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Table 1 Cohort characteristics stratified by vitamin D status

From: Metabolome alterations in severe critical illness and vitamin D status

 

25(OH)D ≤15 ng/ml

N = 24

25(OH)D >15 ng/ml

N = 41

Total

N = 65

P value

Age years, mean ± SD

54.6 ± 13.7

55.8 ± 16.2

55.3 ± 15.2

0.77

Male gender, N (%)

16 (67)

22 (54)

38 (58)

0.30

White race, N (%)

19 (79)

35 (85)

54 (83)

0.71

APACHE II, mean ± SD

26.7 ± 8.4

25.0 ± 10.4

25.6 ± 9.7

0.52

Peak creatinine, mean ± SD

2.7 ± 2.8

1.9 ± 1.5

2.2 ± 2.1

0.15

Malnutrition, N (%)

9 (38)

16 (39)

25 (38)

0.90

Malignancy, N (%)

10 (42)

15 (37)

25 (38)

0.68

Glomerular filtration rate, mean ± SD

62.7 ± 49.9

57.8 ± 39.2

59.6 ± 43.1

0.66

Sepsis, N (%)

13 (54)

28 (68)

41 (63)

0.26

 Sepsis with ARDS, N (%)

8 (33)

15 (37)

23 (35)

0.63

 Sepsis without ARDS, N (%)

5 (21)

13 (32)

18 (28)

0.63

  1. APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome. Plasma vitamin D deficiency is defined as 25(OH)D ≤ 15 ng/ml and vitamin D sufficiency is defined as 25(OH)D > 15 ng/ml