Research Article

Elevated Omentin Serum Levels Predict Long-Term Survival in Critically Ill Patients

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Serum omentin concentrations of critically ill patients at ICU admission and after 3 days of ICU treatment. (a) Omentin levels were determined by ELISA in patients at admission to the ICU () and in healthy controls (). (b) Omentin levels were measured after three days of ICU treatment () and compared to levels at admission to the ICU as well as to omentin concentrations of healthy controls. (c) Omentin levels at admission to the ICU were independent of the severity of critical illness (APACHE-2 score at admission to the ICU). (d) Omentin levels were measured in patients with or without type 2 diabetes. (e) Omentin levels were measured in patients with or without obesity. Box plots are displayed, where the bold line indicates the median per group, the box represents 50% of the values, and horizontal lines show minimum and maximum values of the calculated nonoutlier values; asterisks and open circles indicate outlier values.
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