Research Article
Angiopoietin-2 Levels as Predictors of Outcome in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Table 1
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics for survivors and nonsurvivors.
| | Survivors () | Nonsurvivors () | value |
| | Male gender (n, %) | 15 (60%) | 18 (64.3) | 0.783 | | Age (years, mean ± SD) | 63.6 ± 14.1 | 64.6 ± 16.8 | 0.822 | | APACHE II score (mean ± SD) | 20.7 ± 5.4 | 21.5 ± 6.6 | 0.625 | | SOFA score (mean ± SD) | 7.84 ± 3.70 | 9.07 ± 3.19 | 0.200 | | Lung injury score (mean ± SD) | 1.90 ± 0.46 | 2.48 ± 0.58 | <0.0001 | | Lung injury score > 2.25 (n, %) | 5 (20.0) | 18 (64.3) | 0.002 | | Plasma Ang-2 (pg/ml, median IQR) | 7720 (10108.9) | 7128 (9232.5) | 0.454 | | Plasma Ang-2 > 18,405 pg/ml (n, %) | 5 (20.0) | 5 (17.9) | 1.00 | | ELF Ang-2 (pg/ml, median IQR) | <4 (<4) | 1068.2 (2349.0) | 0.001 | | ELF Ang-2 > 705 pg/ml (n, %) | 2 (8.0) | 15 (53.6) | <0.0001 | | Plasma endocan (ng/ml, median IQR) | 6.15 (9.45) | 8.17 (15.45) | 0.129 | | Plasma endocan > 13 ng/ml (n, %) | 4 (16.0) | 10 (35.7) | 0.094 | | ELF endocan (ng/ml, median IQR) | <0.31 | <0.31 | 1.00 | | Plasma PAI-I (mg/dl), median IQR) | 59.0 (71.4) | 95.0 (57.2) | 0.332 | | Plasma PAI-I > 140 mg/dl (n, %) | 4 (16.0) | 6 (21.4) | 0.732 | | Plasma protein C (mg/dl, median IQR) | 66.2 (42.5) | 45.3 (41.65) | 0.062 | | Plasma protein C < 41.5 mg/dl (n, %) | 4 (16.0) | 11 (39.3) | 0.074 |
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