TABLE 1.
Subject characteristics at admission to the Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston, TX1
| Subject | Age | Sex | Total body surface area of burn | Third-degree burn | Hematocrit |
| y | % | % | % | ||
| A | 2 | M | 70 | 70 | 45 |
| B | 11 | M | 93 | 93 | 23 |
| C | 5 | M | 56 | 56 | 40 |
| D | 7 | M | 72 | 51 | — |
| E | 3 | F | 71 | 71 | 21 |
| F | 16 | M | 74 | 70 | 49 |
| G | 4 | M | 63 | 29 | 57 |
| H | 9 | M | 45 | 35 | 40 |
1
Subjects were selected from a biorepository databank of archived, frozen samples with the criterion that they had adipose tissue samples taken within the first week of injury and at several times during the first month of injury.