Table 2 Characteristics of survivors and non-survivors among TBI patients.

From: Prognostic value of soluble programmed death-1 and soluble programmed death ligand-1 in severe traumatic brain injury patients

Variables

Controls

Survivors

Non-survivors

P value

n

20

58

24

-

Female, %

12 (60%)

31 (53%)

18 (75%)

0.194

Age, years

64 (54–69)

58 (49–70)

56 (47–62)

0.085

Diabetes mellitus, %

3 (15%)

10 (17%)

5 (21%)

0.873

Hypertension, %

5 (25%)

17 (29%)

10 (42%)

0.433

CAD, %

2 (10%)

8 (14%)

2 (8%)

0.755

WBC, 109/L

6.6 (5.5–7.8)

9.9 (7.3–15.8)

14.3 (13.4–16.9)

< 0.001

Lymphocytes, 109/L

2.70 (2.40–3.08)

0.99 (0.63–1.39)

0.53 (0.34–0.97)

< 0.001

Lac, mmol/L

0.85 (0.60–1.08)

1.45 (1.10–3.08)

2.55 (2.23–4.25)

< 0.001

CRP, mg/L

5.2 (2.7–7.3)

7.8 (1.9–52.2)

37.1 (26.4–88.2)

< 0.001

PCT, ng/ml

0.05 (0.05–0.10)

0.94 (0.59–3.55)

3.86 (2.43–6.65)

< 0.001

Marshall CT (%)

  I

-

0

0

-

  II

-

21 (36%)

6 (25%)

0.326

  III

-

24 (41%)

9 (38%)

0.789

  IV

-

10 (17%)

5 (20%)

0.702

  V

-

3 (5%)

4 (17%)

0.208

  RTS score

-

8 (7–9)

6 (5–8)

0.002

  Surgical procedures (n, %)

-

44 (76%)

20 (83%)

0.652

  Duration of MV

-

14 (11–15)

13 (12–15)

0.667

  Duration of ICU stay

-

17 (16–19)

13 (12–15)

< 0.001

  APACHE II score

-

21 (19–30)

28 (26–32)

< 0.001

  sPD-1, ng/mL

0.95 (0.72–1.10)

2.06 (1.57–2.55)

2.78 (2.20–3.52)

< 0.001

  sPD-L1, ng/mL

0.58 (0.43–0.67)

0.84 (0.54–1.24)

1.22 (1.02–1.53)

< 0.001

  1. Data are shown as median and interquartile range unless otherwise indicated
  2. APACHE II Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation system II, CAD Cardiac artery disease, CRP C-reactive protein, ICU intensive care unit, Lac Lactate, MV mechanical ventilation, PCT Procalcitonin, RTS Revised trauma score, sPD-1 soluble Programmed death-1, sPD-L1 soluble Programmed death ligand-1, TBI Traumatic brain injury, WBC White blood cells