Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and physiology of enrolled patients. Data presented are mean ± standard deviation or proportions (%)

	All	ARDS	Non-ARDS Sepsis	p-value
Total Number Patients	44	30	14
Gender (% male)	52%	57%	50%	NS
Age (years, mean)	50.9 ± 14.7	47.8 ± 14.2	57.6 ± 13.8	0.04
Race (% African American)	84%	83%	86%	NS
Chronic Heart Disease	13%	7%	33%	0.07
Pulmonary Disease	20%	21%	17%	NS
Renal Disease	7%	0%	27%	0.02
Hepatic Disease	10%	13%	0%	NS
HIV infection	30%	30%	29%	NS
Chronic alcoholism	43%	37%	57%	NS
Height (cm)	171.9 ± 11.1	174.5 ± 10.6	166.2 ± 10.2	0.02
Enrollment BSA (Dubois Formula)	1.91 ± 0.23	1.98 ± 0.21	1.78 ± 0.19	0.005
Actual Body Weight (ActBW), kg	79.4 ± 20.0	83.5 ± 20.8	70.6 ± 15.5	0.05
Predicted Body Weight (PBW), kg	65.7 ± 11.9	68.2 ± 11.5	60.3 ± 11.2	0.04
Adjusted Body Weight (AdjBW), kg	69.7 ± 10.9	72.8 ± 10.2	63.1 ± 9.6	0.005
APACHE II (Day 1)	25.8 ± 7.0	24.9 ± 6.4	27.7 ± 8.3	NS
LIS (Day 1)	2.10 ± 1.14	2.66 ± 0.83	0.85 ± 0.63	<0.001
PaO2/FiO2 ratio (Day 1)	178.0 ± 132.3	117.9 ± 63.4	352.1 ± 126.8	<0.0001