Table 1 Baseline characteristics and clinical parameters of patients with sepsis stratified by PNI tertiles.

From: Prognostic nutritional indices predict 60 day mortality in ICU patients with sepsis

 

Level

Overall

Q1

Q2

Q3

P-value

N (%)

 

1649

550

549

550

 

Age

> 65

781 (47.36)

263 (47.82)

250 (45.54)

268 (48.73)

0.5515

 

≤ 65

868 (52.64)

287 (52.18)

299 (54.46)

282 (51.27)

 

Gender

F

656 (39.78)

228 (41.45)

232 (42.26)

196 (35.64)

0.0499

 

M

993 (60.22)

322 (58.55)

317 (57.74)

354 (64.36)

 

Race

Black

167 (10.13)

66 (12.00)

42 (7.65)

59 (10.73)

0.0001

 

Others

454 (27.53)

180 (32.73)

154 (28.05)

120 (21.82)

 
 

White

1028 (62.34)

304 (55.27)

353 (64.30)

371 (67.45)

 

Marital status

Divorced

120 (7.28)

43 (7.82)

39 (7.10)

38 (6.91)

< 0.0001

 

Married

714 (43.30)

209 (38.00)

227 (41.35)

278 (50.55)

 
 

Others

222 (13.46)

104 (18.91)

82 (14.94)

36 (6.55)

 
 

Single

468 (28.38)

161 (29.27)

154 (28.05)

153 (27.82)

 
 

Widowed

125 (7.58)

33 (6.00)

47 (8.56)

45 (8.18)

 

Albumin (g/dL)

 

3.300 [2.700, 4.000]

2.500 [2.300, 2.700]

3.400 [3.200, 3.600]

4.200 [4.000, 4.400]

< 0.0001

Lymphocytes (×10⁹/L)

 

1.270 [0.830, 1.910]

1.130 [0.700, 1.748]

1.250 [0.830, 1.890]

1.445 [0.950, 2.165]

< 0.0001

Neutrophils (×10⁹/L)

 

6.650 [4.160, 10.950]

7.970 [4.520, 12.660]

6.900 [4.540, 11.230]

5.550 [3.735, 8.980]

< 0.0001

Platelets (×10⁹/L)

 

180.000 [114.000, 257.000]

178.000 [95.000, 264.000]

183.000 [118.000, 259.500]

180.000 [124.750, 246.000]

0.3254

RBC (×10¹²/L)

 

3.320 [2.800, 3.960]

3.025 [2.610, 3.610]

3.360 [2.870, 3.895]

3.640 [3.040, 4.290]

< 0.0001

WBC (×10⁹/L)

 

9.000 [6.200, 13.200]

9.900 [6.700, 14.700]

9.000 [6.400, 13.100]

8.200 [5.900, 11.600]

< 0.0001

RDW (%)

 

15.200 [13.800, 17.300]

16.200 [14.600, 18.700]

15.200 [13.825, 17.100]

14.400 [13.300, 16.100]

< 0.0001

SO2 (mmHg)

 

81.000 [62.000, 95.000]

76.000 [56.250, 92.000]

80.000 [62.750, 94.000]

89.000 [67.000, 96.000]

< 0.0001

PO2 (mmHg)

 

59.000 [40.000, 98.000]

51.000 [37.000, 83.000]

56.000 [40.000, 92.000]

71.000 [43.000, 117.000]

< 0.0001

PCO2 (mmHg)

 

42.000 [36.000, 49.000]

42.000 [36.000, 50.000]

42.000 [36.000, 50.000]

42.000 [36.000, 47.000]

0.9296

SPO2 (%)

 

97.279 [95.807, 98.560]

97.352 [95.734, 98.574]

97.139 [95.673, 98.504]

97.396 [95.958, 98.567]

0.3004

Temperature (°C)

 

36.854 [36.602, 37.148]

36.833 [36.583, 37.150]

36.866 [36.603, 37.160]

36.862 [36.611, 37.134]

0.4898

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

 

9.900 [8.300, 11.700]

8.900 [7.800, 10.650]

9.900 [8.500, 11.600]

10.700 [9.100, 12.800]

< 0.0001

APSIII

 

49.000 [36.000, 67.000]

57.000 [44.000, 74.750]

48.000 [35.000, 63.000]

42.000 [31.000, 61.000]

< 0.0001

SAPSII

 

40.000 [31.000, 50.000]

44.000 [34.000, 56.000]

39.000 [30.000, 48.000]

36.000 [29.000, 47.000]

< 0.0001

INR

 

1.300 [1.100, 1.600]

1.400 [1.200, 1.800]

1.300 [1.100, 1.600]

1.200 [1.100, 1.500]

< 0.0001

PTT

 

32.700 [28.200, 44.500]

34.500 [29.400, 48.300]

32.050 [27.800, 43.150]

31.400 [27.975, 40.200]

< 0.0001

Antibiotics

Beta-lactams

211 (12.80)

84 (15.27)

75 (13.66)

52 (9.45)

0.0028

 

Glycopeptides

435 (26.38)

160 (29.09)

150 (27.32)

125 (22.73)

 
 

Macrolides

54 (3.27)

19 (3.45)

16 (2.91)

19 (3.45)

 
 

Others

949 (57.55)

287 (52.18)

308 (56.10)

354 (64.36)

 

Glucocorticoids

Yes

805 (48.82)

282 (51.27)

262 (47.72)

261 (47.45)

0.3681

Dopamine

Yes

67 (4.06)

24 (4.36)

24 (4.37)

19 (3.45)

0.6757

Cerebrovascular disease

Yes

176 (10.67)

63 (11.45)

66 (12.02)

47 (8.55)

0.1346

Myocardial infarction

Yes

240 (14.55)

85 (15.45)

90 (16.39)

65 (11.82)

0.0757

CHF

Yes

386 (23.41)

139 (25.27)

138 (25.14)

109 (19.82)

0.0514

Diabetes

Yes

332 (20.13)

118 (21.45)

108 (19.67)

106 (19.27)

0.6303

Hypertension

Yes

855 (51.85)

244 (44.36)

279 (50.82)

332 (60.36)

< 0.0001

  1. Note: Continuous variables are presented as median (interquartile range, IQR); categorical variables are presented as counts and percentages.