Prognostic Implications of Serum Lipid Metabolism over Time during Sepsis

Table 3

Correlations between Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score and the serum concentrations of lipids in ICU patients with sepsis.

	Variable	Correlation (rho)	value
Day 0	Cholesterol		<0.001
	TG		0.791
	HDL		<0.001
	LDL		<0.001
	FFA		0.954
	Apo A-I		0.007
Day 1	Cholesterol		<0.001
	TG		0.545
	HDL		<0.001
	LDL		<0.001
	FFA		0.021
	Apo A-I		0.001
Day 3	Cholesterol		<0.001
	TG		0.712
	HDL		<0.001
	LDL		<0.001
	FFA		0.642
	Apo A-I		<0.001
Day 7	Cholesterol		0.013
	TG		0.231
	HDL		0.002
	LDL		0.017
	FFA		0.248
	Apo A-I		0.025

ICU, intensive care unit; TG, triglyceride; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; FFA, free fatty acid; Apo A-I, apolipoprotein A-I.