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Table 1 The baseline clinical characteristics of ALI, ARDS and non-ALI/ARDS patients

From: The role of angiogenic factors and their soluble receptors in acute lung injury (ALI)/ acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated with critical illness

 

Non-ALI/ARDS

ALI

ARDS

p-value

 

(n = 33)

(n = 25)

(n = 101)

 

Primary disease

    

sepsis/trauma/PCAS

3/19/11

7/7/11

40/31/30

0.007

Age (years)

49.3 ± 3.8

56.4 ± 4.0

58.2 ± 1.9

0.077

Gender (male/female)

22/11

11/14

64/37

0.156

APACHE II score

20.1 ± 1.2

27.2 ± 1.5

26.8 ± 0.9

0.003

SOFA score max

4.6 ± 0.3

6.1 ± 0.6

9.7 ± 0.5

<0.001

SIRS score max

3.1 ± 0.1

3.2 ± 0.2

3.4 ± 0.1

0.172

P/F ratio min

382 ± 15.1

240 ± 5.9

111 ± 4.1

<0.001

Outcome (survived/died)

27/6

16/9

66/35

0.197

  1. ALI, acute lung injury; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; PCAS, post-cardiac arrest syndrome; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; P/F, PaO2/FiO2; max, maximum score; min, minimum score.