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Table 1 Population characteristics

From: Septic shock in older people: a prospective cohort study

 

Young

Elderly

Group A vs. B

Control n=36

Septic shock (group A) n=21

p-value

Control n=8

Septic shock (group B) n=8

p-value

p-value

age (yrs)

45 ± 11

40 ± 13

0.154

73 ± 6

75 ± 9

0.666

0.000

male sex

38%

50

0.454

50

62%

0.766

 

creatinin (mg/dl)

1.50 ± 2.73

1.04 ± 1.24

0.523

1.50 ± 1.60

2.62 ± 1.40

0.173

0.017

sodium (meq/dl)

142 ± 11

139 ± 9

0.133

141 ± 6

146 ± 18

0.454

0.283

potassium (meq/dl)

3.52 ± 0.84

3.52 ± 1.16

0.988

3.62 ± 0.74

4.25 ± 0.70

0.122

0.055

magnesium (mg/dl)

1.44 ± 0.55

1.19 ± 0.51

0.147

1.38 ± 0.51

1.63 ± 0.51

0.302

0.064

calcium (mg/dl)

4.77 ± 0.86

4.42 ± 0.74

0.100

4.75 ± 0.46

4.12 ± 0.64

0.043

0.294

phosphate (mg/dl)

3.03 ± 1.15

3.86 ± 2.47

0.073

3.75 ± 1.66

4.38 ± 1.92

0.482

0.577

chloride (mg/dl)

107 ± 12

105 ± 7

0.527

108 ± 10

104 ± 6

0.394

0.703

hemoglobin (g/dl)

12 ± 2.0

10 ± 2.2

0.011

10 ± 2.0

10 ± 2.2

0.913

0.939

hematocrit (g/dl)

36 ± 6

30 ± 6

0.010

31 ± 6

32 ± 6

1.000

0.769

leucocytes (/mm3)

10891 ± 4386

15569 ± 13341

0.046

17830 ± 23033

11863 ± 6020

0.499

0.314

PMN cells (/mm3)

8778 ± 4003

12406 ± 10710

0.061

7518 ± 3917

10446 ± 5632

0.231

0.529

platelets (/mm3)

235833 ± 136039

224571 ± 171250

0.769

196500 ± 86663

152750 ± 69134

0.267

0.119

albumin (g/dl)

2.83 ± 0.81

2.04 ± 0.74

0.000

2.62 ± 0.51

2.12 ± 0.35

0.039

0.708

lactate (g/dl)

12.75 ± 6.83

31.61 ± 35.91

0.001

11.25 ± 4.71

19.12 ± 9.32

0.311

0.154

CRP (g/dl)

50 ± 76

139 ± 129

0.003

56 ± 73

96 ± 162

0.494

0.939

SOFA score

3.50 ± 3.12

9.14 ± 4.13

0.000

4.13 ± 3.22

9.25 ± 2.96

0.002

0.517

ICU mortality

11%

47%

0.003

37.5%

50%

0.628

0.939