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Table 2 Patient characteristic according to 1-year survival

From: High-sensitive cardiac Troponin T is superior to echocardiography in predicting 1-year mortality in patients with SIRS and shock in intensive care

Variable

Survivors (n = 31)

Non- survivors (n = 18)

 p

Demographics

Median age, y

60 (49.5-68.5)

72 (68.3-76)

0.031

Female sex

10 (32%)

4 (22%)

ns

Previous medical history

Diabetes mellitus

4 (13%)

2 (11%)

ns

Hypertension

9 (29%)

3 (17%)

ns

Cardiac disease

8 (26%)

4 (22%)

ns

Pre-existing therapy

14 (45%)

10 (56%)

ns

Clinical data

APACHE II

22 (16–26)

28.5 (21–34)

0.009

SOFA score

10 (9–13)

13 (11–14)

0.024

Mechanical ventilation

29 (94%)

15 (83%)

ns

Biochemical markers

Creatinine, μmol/l

154 (88–221)

171 (105–238)

ns

Lactate, mmol/l

2.2 (1.6-3.2)

2.5 (1.7-4.4)

ns

hsTNT, ng/l

60 (17.0-99.5)

168 (89.8-358)

0.003

BNP, pmol/l

159 (84–339)

241 (149–446)

0.26

Echocardiographic data

 

Survivors (n = 28)

Non- survivors (n = 18)

 

LVEF,%

48 (40–55)

45 (36–65)

0.87

La volume, ml/m2

24 (20–27)

31 (25–36)

0.024

AVPD, mm

11.5 (8.8- 13)

9.0 (7.5-11)

0.087

E, cm/s

83.5 (68.8-96.3)

102.5 (75.5-113.0)

ns

A, cm/s

67.5 (57.0-92.3)

63.5 (40.0-86.0)

ns

E/A

1.2 (0.85-1.4)

1.4 (1.0-1.9)

ns

DT, ms

170 (150–200)

160 (135–195)

ns

TDIs, cm/s

8.5 (7.2-9.7)

8.7 (6.7-10)

ns

é, cm/s

8.4 (7.5-10.8)

7.9 (6.3-9.6)

ns

á, cm/s

9.9 (7.7-12.3)

8.8 (7.5-10)

ns

E/é

9.9 (8.1-10.9)

11.7 (9.8-14.8)

0.023

LVOT VTI, cm

20 (15–23)

17 (16–23)

0.18

  1. Data are presented as median (lower quartile- upper quartile) or in numbers (%).