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Table 1 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of MMCAI patients according to 30-day survival

From: High serum levels of caspase-cleaved cytokeratin-18 are associated with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction patient mortality

 

Survivors (n = 33)

Non-survivors (n = 33)

P value

Age (years) - median (p 25–75)

59 (47–68)

64 (54–70)

0.30

Gender female - n (%)

14 (42.4)

13 (39.4)

0.99

Arterial hypertension - n (%)

19 (57.6)

16 (48.5)

0.62

Diabetes mellitus - n (%)

4 (12.1)

9 (27.3)

0.22

Chronic renal failure - n (%)

2 (6.1)

2 (6.1)

0.99

COPD - n (%)

1 (3.0)

1 (3.0)

0.99

Heart failure - n (%)

1 (3.0)

1 (3.0)

0.99

Haemorrhagic transformation - n (%)

7 (21.2)

6 (18.2)

0.99

Decompressive craniectomy – n (%)

9 (27.3)

6 (18.2)

0.56

Temperature (°C) - median (p 25–75)

36.4 (35.8–37.0)

37.0 (36.0–37.4)

0.19

Sodium (mEq/L)- median (p 25–75)

139 (137–145)

140 (139–146)

0.41

Platelets - median×103/mm3 (p 25–75)

214 (170–280)

170 (131–212)

0.008

PaO2 (mmHg) - median (p 25–75)

137 (104–207)

114 (86–153)

0.26

PaO2/FI02 ratio - median (p 25–75)

300 (197–372)

248 (184–330)

0.22

Leukocytes-median×103/mm3 (p 25–75)

12.5 (9.5–17.0)

13.9 (9.3–21.4)

0.43

Lactic acid (mmol/L)-median (p 25–75)

1.30 (0.90–1.70)

1.40 (1.00–2.10)

0.25

INR - median (p 25–75)

1.09 (1.01–1.20)

1.20 (1.05–1.31)

0.10

Hemoglobin (g/dL) - median (p 25–75)

12.2 (11.4–14.4)

13.7 (11.0–15.0)

0.78

Glycemia (g/dL) - median (p 25–75)

128 (100–170)

135 (105–160)

0.99

GCS score - median (p 25–75)

7 (6–8)

6 (3–7)

0.01

Fibrinogen (mg/dl) - median (p 25–75)

440 (335–494)

419 (311–631)

0.83

Creatinine (mg/dl) - median (p 25–75)

0.80 (0.60–1.15)

1.00 (0.76–1.28)

0.12

CCCK-18 (u/L) - median (p 25–75)

238 (160–290)

321 (279–351)

< 0.001

Bilirubin (mg/dl) - median (p 25–75)

0.70 (0.40–0.95)

0.70 (0.33–1.10)

0.86

aPTT (seconds) - median (p 25–75)

28 (26–30)

27 (26–32)

0.77

APACHE-II score - median (p 25–75)

20 (16–25)

22 (19–27)

0.09

  1. COPD  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, P 25–75  Percentile 25th–75th, PaO2  Pressure of arterial oxygen/fraction inspired oxygen, FIO2  Pressure of arterial oxygen/fraction inspired oxygen, INR  International normalized ratio, GCS  Glasgow Coma Scale aPTT  activated partial thromboplastin time, APACHE II  Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, CCCK Caspase-cleaved cytokeratin