Table 1.

Differences between patients with septic shock who did and did not receive etomidate

	Etomidate (n = 38)	No etomidate (n = 114)	P
Mean age (± SD), years	63 (± 18)	65 (± 17)	0.5321
Male gender, n (%)	20 (53)	69 (61)	0.4487
White, n (%)	37 (97)	111 (97)	1.0000
Hospital mortality rate, n (%)	24 (63)	63 (55)	0.4517
Median baseline cortisol level (IQR), μg/dl	32 (23–45)	26 (20–42)	0.3492
Median 30-minute cortisol level (IQR), μg/dl	36 (26–47)	36 (26–53)	0.7642
Median 60-minute cortisol level (IQR), μg/dl	38 (28–52)	41 (28–57)	0.6674
Relative adrenal insufficiency, n (%)	29 (76)	58 (51)	0.0077

IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.