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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical outcome parameters for quartiles of complement factors

From: Complement activation in severely ill patients with sepsis: no relationship with inflammation and disease severity

 

Quartile 1 (lowest)

Quartile 2

Quartile 3

Quartile 4 (highest)

P valueA

C3

 Age (years)

76 (65–83)

75 (60–83)

74 (66–85)

77 (68–86)

 > 0.99

 Sex, male

25 (49)

29 (57)

32 (63)

30 (59)

 > 0.99

 BMI (kg/m2)

25.8 (21.0–31.1)

26.8 (23.6–29.4)

26.3 (22.0–31.1)

26.0 (22.5–29.3)

 > 0.99

 SOFA

12 (9–16)

12 (10–15)

11 (8–13)

10 (8–13)

0.13

 Shock

38 (75)

43 (84)

73 (75)

33 (65)

0.96

 28-day mortality rate

31 (61)

38 (75)

31 (61)

24 (47)

0.27

C3a

 Age (years)

81 (67–87)

74 (65–81)

75 (67–83)

75 (62–81)

0.47

 Sex, male

26 (52)

33 (66)

28 (56)

27 (54)

 > 0.99

 BMI (kg/m2)

26.1 (21.3–28.1)

26.2 (22.2–29.1)

26.3 (22.5–31.2)

27.3 (23.9–31.1)

 > 0.99

 SOFA

12 (10–15)

11 (7–14)

11 (8–13)

11 (9–13)

 > 0.99

 Shock

41 (82)

36 (72)

37 (74)

33 (66)

 > 0.99

 28-day mortality rate

36 (72)

32 (64)

23 (46)

28 (56)

0.32

C3c

 Age (years)

81 (68–88)

78 (70–87)

73 (63–81)

74 (64–81)

0.042

 Sex, male

25 (51)

31 (63)

29 (59)

25 (52)

 > 0.99

 BMI (kg/m2)

27.8 (22.7–31.2)

24.4 (21.9–27.5)

26.1 (23.2–29.4)

27.7 (22.2–31.2)

 > 0.99

 SOFA

11 (9–15)

11 (8–14)

11 (8–13)

11 (6–14)

 > 0.99

 Shock

44 (90)

36 (74)

36 (74)

29 (60)

0.066

 28-day mortality rate

34 (69)

30 (61)

31 (63)

25 (52)

 > 0.99

C5

 Age (years)

77 (66–84)

75 (67–86)

77 (69–85)

73 (60–82)

 > 0.99

 Sex, male

33 (64)

30 (57)

30 (58)

26 (50)

 > 0.99

 BMI (kg/m2)

27.8 (24.0–31.1)

23.8 (21.3–27.7)

27.1 (24.1–29.6)

26.8 (21.6–32.1)

0.22

 SOFA

11 (9–15)

11 (7–14)

11 (7–14)

11 99–13)

 > 0.99

 Shock

45 (87)

39 (74)

37 (71)

35 (67)

0.75

 28-day mortality rate

34 (65)

28 (53)

34 (65)

30 (58)

 > 0.99

C5a

 Age (years)

78 (65–86)

77 (67–86)

72 (60–79)

76 (66–84)

0.66

 Sex, male

32 (65)

23 (49)

33 (69)

23 (49)

0.53

 BMI (kg/m2)

26.1 (21.2–29.4)

27.3 (22.4–31.1)

25.8 (22.5–29.4)

27.8 (22.9–31.3)

 > 0.99

 SOFA

11 (10–14)

11 (7–14)

11 (8–12)

12 (9–15)

 > 0.99

 Shock

41 (84)

33 (70)

36 (75)

34 (72)

 > 0.99

 28-day mortality rate

33 (67)

27 (57)

25 (52)

32 (68)

 > 0.99

sTCC

 Age (years)

81 (64–87)

76 (69–83)

76 (64–85)

73 (62–79)

0.66

 Sex, male

30 (58)

31 (59)

26 (50)

32 (62)

 > 0.99

 BMI (kg/m2)

26.3 (22.8–29.8)

27.3 (22.9–29.4)

26.2 (22.7–30.7)

25.4 (20.8–33.0)

 > 0.99

 SOFA

11 (8–13)

11 (9–15)

11 (9–13)

11 (8–15)

 > 0.99

 Shock

39 (75)

39 (74)

40 (77)

38 (73)

 > 0.99

 28-day mortality rate

30 (58)

33 (62)

33 (64)

30 (58)

 > 0.99

  1. Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%)
  2. AP values are calculated with Kruskal–Wallis tests or Chi-square tests with Bonferroni correction for multiple testing
  3. BMI body mass index, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, sTCC soluble terminal complement complex