Table 2.
Patient characteristics on admission with detail of the diagnostic categories
| Variable | All | Complex cardiac surgery | Trauma | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | ||||
| Number | 200 | 113 | 66 | 21 | ||||
| AOX | Placebo | AOX | Placebo | AOX | Placebo | AOX | Placebo | |
| Number | 102 | 98 | 57 | 56 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 10 |
| Gender, male/female | 127/73 | 70/43a | 52/14a | 5/16a | ||||
| Age, years | 59 ± 19 | 70 ± 10a | 40 ± 19a | 54 ± 9 | ||||
| 58 ± 19 | 59 ± 20 | 69 ± 8 | 71 ± 11 | 40 ± 19 | 40 ± 19 | 54 ± 7 | 53 ± 10 | |
| Weight, kg | 74 ± 15 | 75 ± 16 | 75 ± 13 | 68 ± 12 | ||||
| 74 ± 15 | 74 ± 15 | 75 ± 16 | 74 ± 17 | 72 ± 12 | 77 ± 13b | 72 ± 13 | 64 ± 9c | |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 25.8 ± 4.6 | 26.5 ± 5.0 | 24.9 ± 3.9 | 24.5 ± 3.4 | ||||
| 25.8 ± 4.8 | 25.7 ± 4.3 | 26.7 ± 5.3 | 26.2 ± 4.7 | 24.2 ± 3.8 | 25.6 ± 3.9 | 25.2 ± 4.0 | 23.7 ± 2.5 | |
| SAPS II | 37.5 ± 12.7 | 39.3 ± 10.4d | 35.7 ± 15.4d | 33.9 ± 13.6d | ||||
| 38.4 ± 12.7 | 36.6 ± 12.8 | 38.4 ± 9.3 | 40.3 ± 11.4 | 39.9 ± 17.0 | 31.1 ± 12.2e | 33.6 ± 12.0 | 34.2 ± 9 | |
| SOFA score at admission | 8.3 ± 2.5 | 9.1 ± 1.7a | 7.5 ± 3.1a | 6.3 ± 2.9a | ||||
| 8.2 ± 2.8 | 8.3 ± 2.2 | 8.8 ± 1.7 | 9.3 ± 1.6 | 7.8 ± 3.5 | 7.1 ± 3.2 | 5.7 ± 3.8 | 6.9 ± 1.4 | |
aP < 0.0001; bP = 0.08; cP = 0.14; dP = 0.07; eP = 0.01. Superscripts a and d refer to comparison between diagnostic categories. Superscripts b, c, and e refer to comparison between AOX and placebo (= P) groups. SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment.