Table 5.
Patient characteristics for different immune status
| Characteristics | Competent (n = 24) | Compromised (n = 17) | p |
| Age | 62 ± 15 | 45 ± 13 | 0.0004 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 17 (71%) | 12 (71%) | 0.9864 |
| Female | 7 (29%) | 5 (29%) | |
| APACHE II score | 22.1 ± 5.1 | 21.4 ± 4.9 | 0.6 |
| ALI score | 3.3 ± 0.4 | 2.9 ± 0.3 | 0.0045 |
| PaO2/FiO2, mmHg | 108.8 ± 44.1 | 130.2 ± 40.1 | 0.1855 |
| Complication rate | 5 (21%) | 3 (18%) | 0.7998 |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Specific | 9 (38%) | 9 (53%) | 0.3263 |
| Nonspecific | 8 (47%) | ||
| Treatment alteration rate | 17 (71%) | 13 (77%) | 0.6882 |
| Hospital survival rate | 8 (33%) | 12 (71%) | 0.0187 |
APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ALI, acute lung injury; PaO2, arterial partial pressure of oxygen; FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen. Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%); p values in italics are statistically significant.