Table 1 Clinical, anthropometric and CT-derived baseline characteristics of the study population (n = 152) presenting with cardiogenic shock (CS).

From: Opportunistic CT-derived analysis of fat and muscle tissue composition predicts mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock

Variables

Patient cohort (n = 152)

Age (years)

68.6 ± 13.1

Male sex

110 (72.4%)

Acute myocardial infarction

77 (50.7%)

Cardiac arrest (%)

101 (66.4%)

Lactate (mmol/l)

6.4 (2.9–10.2)

pH

7.26 (7.10–7.37)

Base excess

− 8.0 (− 12.5 to − 4.48)

Creatinine (mg/dl)

1.6 (1.2–2.2)

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

11.7 ± 2.7

White blood cell count (103/µl)

13.9 (10.3–20.1)

Platelet count (103/µl)

205 (149–302)

C-reactive protein (mg/l)

15.7 (5.0–85.1)

30-day mortality

90 (59.2%)

Median overall survival (days)

16.5 (4–30)

Skeletal muscle area (SM area, cm2)

153.8 ± 34.2

Fat tissue in muscle area (cm2)

20.9 ± 12.5

Visceral adipose tissue area (VAT area, cm2)

210.4 ± 127.3/199.6 (125.5–290.3)

Subcutaneous adipose tissue area (cm2)

235.9 ± 117.3/222.6 (160.6–293.7)

  1. Data are presented as n (%), mean ± standard deviation if normally distributed and as median (interquartile-range) if not normally distributed. Laboratory values at admission are shown.
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