Research Article
Low-Copy Number Polymorphism in DEFA1/DEFA3 Is Associated with Susceptibility to Hospital-Acquired Infections in Critically Ill Patients
Table 1
Basic characteristics of two groups at ICU admission.
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HAIs: hospital-acquired infections; n: number of subjects; APS: Acute Physiology Score, APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score II; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score. Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation (SD), median (interquartile range (IQR)), or n (%). Continuous variables with normal distribution are presented as the “mean ± SD”; continuous variables with abnormal distribution are presented as the “median, IQR”; categorical variables are presented as “n (%).” Each value < 0.05 was considered to be significant. The value was obtained by t-test or Mann–Whitney test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables. |