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Table 2 Correlations of MVHS with clinical variables

From: Identification of novel sublingual parameters to analyze and diagnose microvascular dysfunction in sepsis: the NOSTRADAMUS study

Variable

Controls & sepsis patients (n = 51)

Sepsis patients (n = 34)

MVHSstatic

MVHSdynamic

MVHSstatic

MVHSdynamic

SOFA Score (points)

− 0.57 (p < 0.0001)

− 0.77 (p < 0.0001)

− 0.43 (p = 0.01)

− 0.44 (p = 0.01)

Number of dysfunctional organs (n)

− 0.60 (p < 0.0001)

− 0.80 (p < 0.0001)

− 0.51 (p = 0.002)

− 0.52 (p = 0.002)

Lactate (mmol/l)

− 0.37 (p = 0.007)

− 0.42 (p = 0.002)

− 0.23 (p = 0.19)

− 0.22 (p = 0.20)

CRP (mg/dl)

− 0.39 (p = 0.005)

− 0.61 (p < 0.0001)

0.02 (p = 0.92)

0.02 (p = 0.92)

IL6 (ng/ml)

− 0.48 (p = 0.001)

− 0.69 (p < 0.0001)

− 0.14 (p = 0.48)

− 0.14 (p = 0.48)

PCT (ng/ml)

− 0.47 (p < 0.0001)

− 0.68 (p < 0.0001)

− 0.27 (p = 0.13)

− 0.27 (p = 0.13)

  1. Spearman correlation was used. The p values are indicated in brackets
  2. CRP C-reactive protein, IL-6 interleukin-6, MVHS microvascular health score, PCT procalcitonin, SOFA Score sequential organ failure assessment score