Table 1 The clincal characteristics of critically ill patients with sepsis-associated ARDS between the two lactylation activity phenotypes.
Characteristics | Total (n = 31) | High-lactylation (n = 18) | Low-lactylation (n = 13) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 53.4 (14.0) | 57.2 (15.1) | 48.6 (10.3) | 0.074 |
Gender, n (%) | > 0.999 | |||
 Male | 15 (48.39) | 9 (50.0) | 6 (46.15) |  |
 Female | 16 (51.61) | 9 (50.0) | 7 (53.85) |  |
Ethnicity, n (%) | 0.880 | |||
 White | 27 (87.1) | 16 (88.9) | 11(84.6) |  |
 Black | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |  |
 Asian | 1 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.7) |  |
 Others | 3 (9.7) | 2 (11.1) | 1 (7.7) |  |
APACHE II, mean (SD) | 37.7 (13.7) | 42.6 (14.1) | 31.0 (10.0) | 0.017 |
Hospital stay, median (IQR) | 17.0 (10.0–43.0) | 36.0 (11.0-49.5) | 11.0 (8.0–20.0) | 0.028 |
Mortality, n (%) | ||||
 Hospital | 10 (32.3) | 8 (44.4) | 2 (15.4) | 0.129 |
 28-day | 13 (41.9) | 10 (55.6) | 2 (15.4) | 0.032 |
 One-year | 15 (48.4) | 12 (66.7) | 3 (23.1) | 0.029 |
