Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Variable	PRBC (n = 34)	No PRBC (n = 59)	P value
Age (years)	63.5	59.3	0.199
Gender
Male	22 (64.7%)	33 (55.9%)	0.512
Female	12 (35.3%)	26 (44.1%)
Race
Black	15 (44.1%)	22 (37.3%)	0.676
Hispanic	3 (8.8%)	9 (15.3%)
White	16 (47.1%)	27 (45.8%)
Other	0(0%)	1 (1.7%)
APACHE II	21.1	20.3	0.682
Lactate (mmol/I)	6.0	5.4	0.463
Initial SOFA score	8.6	5.8	0.003
Initial ScvO2*	66.2 (11)	64.3 (12)	0.821

^*Values represent the mean (SD)