Table 2 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients according to their ICU-AW status at day 10 of their critical illness; p-values that indicate significant differences are printed in bold.

Patient no.

18

25

mean age (years ± SD)

67.89 ± 14.7

66.6 ± 13.82

sex (% male)

0.72

0.64

mean APACHE II ± SD

25.11 ± 4.78

25.72 ± 6.13

SOFA ± SD day 3

10.28 ± 2.49

13.12 ± 2.86

SOFA ± SD day 10

4 ± 3.88

7.63 ± 4.13

% diabetes*

56

84

pH

7.42 ± 0.05

7.42 ± 0.07

K⁺ (mM)

4.31 ± 0.5

4.5 ± 0.45

Na⁺ (mM)

143.33 ± 3.68

144.16 ± 4.35

Ca²⁺ (mM)

1.16 ± 0.06

1.14 ± 0.07

Glucose (mM)

6.92 ± 1.3

7.64 ± 1.86

CRP (mg/l)

214.94 ± 143.32

231.42 ± 116.65

PCT (ng/ml)

5.02 ± 8.96

11.79 ± 21.13

CMAP ADM (mV)

13.3 ± 2.3

4.9 ± 2.2

CMAP EDB (mV)

6.1 ± 2

1.6 ± 1.5

SNAP radial nerve (µV)

41.7 ± 13.1

12.7 ± 6.6

SNAP sural nerve (µV)

16.2 ± 4.3

11.8 ± 5.5

CMAP ADM (mV)

13.3 ± 2.3

5.5 ± 2.9

CMAP EDB (mV)

6.1 ± 2

1.2 ± 1.3

SNAP radial nerve (µV)

41.7 ± 13.1

14.2 ± 6.2

SNAP sural nerve (µV)

16.2 ± 4.3

8.8 ± 5.1