TABLE 4.
Relation between plasma zinc concentrations, vasopressor use, and severity of illness in septic patients (n = 22)1
| n | Plasma zinc concentration2 | P | |
| μg/dL | |||
| Required vasopressors | 0.0083 | ||
| No | 9 | 57.2 ± 20.2 (54.5) | — |
| Yes | 13 | 35.6 ± 8.03 (36) | — |
| SOFA cardiovascular category4 | 0.0395 | ||
| 0 | 9 | 58.9 ± 20.1 (57.3) | — |
| 1 | 3 | 38 ± 9.3 (36.2) | — |
| 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 3 | 6 | 37.5 ± 8.1 (35.5) | — |
| 4 | 4 | 32.6 ± 10.4 (34.3) | — |
1
SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.
2
All values are means ± SDs; medians in parentheses.
3
Two-sample Wilcoxon rank sum test
4
0, no vasopressors; 1, mean arterial pressure <70 mm Hg; 2, dopamine ≤5 μg ⋅ kg−1 ⋅ min−1 or dobutamine (any dose); 3, dopamine >5 μg ⋅ kg−1 ⋅ min−1 or epinephrine/norepinephrine ≤0.1 μg/min; 4, dopamine >15 μg ⋅ kg−1 ⋅ min−1 or epinephrine/norepinephrine > 0.1 μg/min.
5
Kruskal-Wallis rank test.