Elevated Serum Levels of Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-Like Protein Predict Survival of Patients during Intensive Care Unit Treatment

Table 1

Study population.

Parameters	All patients
Number	136
Sex (male/female)	76/60
Age, median (range) [years]	66 (18–90)
APACHE-II score, median (range)	18.5 (3–40)
SAPS II score, median (range)	44 (9–80)
ICU days, median (range)	9 (1–137)
Preexisting diabetes, (%)	34.5%
HbA1c [%]	5.9 (4–12.60)
BMI [kg/m^2]	26.122 (15.9–59.5)
WBC, median (range) [×10^3/μl]	12.7 (0.1–208)
CRP, median (range) [mg/dl]	122 (<5–230)
Procalcitonin, median (range) [μg/l]	1.0 (0.0–125.2)
Interleukin-6, median (range) [pg/ml]	73 (0–26,000)

APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CRP: C-reactive protein; ICU: intensive care unit; SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology score; WBC: white blood cell.