Table 1 Clinical characteristic of patients in the study stratified by high-risk phenotypes.

From: Metabolomic and cytokine profiles of high-risk sepsis phenotypes in children

 

PHES

MODS control

p-value

Number

17 (34%)

33 (66%)

 

Median age (months)

76 (17–142)

32 (12–87)

p = 0.45

Gender (%Male)

41%

52%

p = 0.35

White

11 (65%)

13 (39%)

p = 0.51

Hispanic

4 (23%)

10 (30%)

p = 0.48

African American

1 (6%)

7 (21%)

p = 0.16

Asian

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

p = 0.66

American Indian

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

p = 0.66

Other

5 (29%)

9 (27%)

p = 0.59

Unknown/Did not answer

0 (0%)

2 (6%)

p = 0.43

pSOFA (Day 0)

9 (6-10.75)

5 (3.75-8)

p = 0.001

pSOFA (Day 2)

7.5 (5.25–8.75)

3.5 (2.75-6)

p < 0.00001

Median LOS days

21.1 (10.2–27.7)

13.9 (9-21.4)

0.3

Deaths

2 (12%)

1 (3%)

p = 0.26

PMODS

7 (41%)

7 (21%)

p = 0.054

 

PMODS

MODS control

p-value

Number

14 (28%)

36 (72%)

 

Median age (months)

79 (37–115)

28 (12–112)

p = 0.11

Gender (%Male)

36%

53%

p = 0.13

White

8 (57%)

14 (39%)

p = 0.20

Hispanic

2 (14%)

10 (28%)

p = 0.27

African American

2 (14%)

6 (17%)

p = 0.60

Asian

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

p = 0.72

American Indian

1 (7%)

0 (0%)

p = 0.28

Other

3 (21%)

10 (28%)

p = 0.47

Unknown/Did not answer

0 (0%)

2 (6%)

p = 0.51

pSOFA (Day 0)

9 (8-11.75)

5 (3.75-7)

p < 0.001

pSOFA (Day 2)

7 (6.25-9)

4 (2.75–5.25)

p < 0.001

Median LOS days

27.7 (11.2–21.6)

12.1 (9.7–21.2)

p = 0.38

Deaths

3

0

p = 0.02

PHES phenotype

7 (50%)

10 (28%)

p = 0.18

  1. PHES persistent hypoxemia, encephalopathy, and shock, pSOFA pediatric sequential organ failure assessment, PMODS persistent multiple organ dysfunction, LOS length of stay. Continuous variables (pSOFA scores, median LOS and median age) are expressed as the median with the (25th – 75th interquartile range), p values calculated utilizing the Mann-Whitney U test. The remaining categorical variables are expressed as absolute values (% of total) with p values calculated utilizing chi-squared analysis.