Table 3 Characteristics of ALS Patients (N = 279) with mortality follow-up by survival status.

From: Adipokines, C-reactive protein and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – results from a population- based ALS registry in Germany

 

NDeceased

Deceased (N = 104)

NSurvived

Survived (N = 175)

Age (years), mean (SD)

104

68.9 (10.3)

175

63.9 (10.2)

Sex

  Male, N (%)

104

56 (53.9)

175

114 (65.1)

BMI (kg m−2), mean (SD)

104

24.0 (4.2)

175

24.8 (4.0)

Leptin (ng mL−1), median (Q1, Q3)

104

7.2 (3.5, 13.3)

173

7.3 (3.8, 12.3)

Adiponectin (µg mL−1), median (Q1, Q3)

104

10.2 (7.5, 15.2)

175

9.2 (5.8, 14.5)

Hs-CRP (mg L−1), median (Q1, Q3)

104

1.64 (0.70, 3.18)

175

1.17 (0.61, 3.29)

Diagnostic delay (month), median (Q1, Q3)

104

3.0 (2.0, 6.0)

175

6.0 (3.0, 9.0)

ALS-FRS, median (Q1, Q3)

103

36 (32, 41)

175

41 (37, 43)