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Table 1 Demographics, clinical Characteristics, and biomarkers by 60-day mortality

From: Higher plasma cystatin C is associated with mortality after acute respiratory distress syndrome: findings from a Fluid and Catheter Treatment Trial (FACTT) substudy

 

Full cohort, n = 919

Alive at 60 days, n = 658

Dead by 60 days, n = 261

p value

Age

49 (38–61)

47 (37–57)

57 (41–70)

< 0.001

Female sex

489 (53)

338 (52)

151 (58)

0.076

BMI

27 (23–32)

28 (24–33)

26 (22–31)

0.005

Race/ethnicity

 White

602 (66)

459 (70)

143 (55)

< 0.001

 Black

193 (21)

121 (18)

72 (28)

 Hispanic

124 (13)

78 (12)

46 (18)

Fluid conservative arm

467 (51)

342 (52)

125 (48)

 

Baseline WBC (103/μL)

11.8 (7.2–17.1)

12.0 (7.8–17.1)

10.6 (5.8–17.3)

0.046

Baseline creatinine (mg/dL)

1.0 (0.7–1.5)

0.8 (0.7–1.4)

1.2 (0.9–1.8)

< 0.001

Cystatin C (mg/L)

0.9 (0.7–1.4)

0.8 (0.6–1.2)

1.2 (0.9–1.9)

< 0.001

AKI#

 Actual

486 (53)

306 (47)

180 (69)

< 0.001

 Adjusted for fluid balance

559 (61)

348 (53)

211 (81)

< 0.001

APACHE III score

91 (70–117)

85 (65–104)

114 (91–133)

< 0.001

Primary ARDS risk factor

 Pneumonia

426 (46)

303 (46)

123 (47)

0.002

 Sepsis

218 (24)

138 (21)

80 (31)

 Aspiration

138 (15)

104 (16)

34 (13)

 Trauma

71 (8)

62 (9)

9 (3)

 Multiple transfusion

9 (1)

7 (1)

2 (1)

 Other

57 (6)

44 (7)

13 (5)

Hyperinflammatory LCA subphenotype

252 (27)

137 (54)

115 (46)

< 0.001

Comorbidities

 Solid tumor

14 (2)

8 (1)

6 (2)

0.25

 Lymphoma

13 (1)

4 (1)

9 (4)

0.001

 Leukemia

20 (3)

9 (1)

11 (4)

0.009

Recent surgery

46 (5)

37 (6)

9 (3)

0.17

  1. Data presented as n (%) or median (IQR)
  2. p value refers to a comparison of those survivors to those who died using rank-sum, Pearson’s chi2, or Fisher’s exact tests as appropriate
  3. BMI body mass index, WBC white blood cell count, AKI acute kidney injury by KDIGO criteria, IQR interquartile range
  4. #AKI by Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria
  5. LCA latent class analysis, Famous et al. [12]