Table 1.

Patient Characteristics of the Stratified Groups

	All	RBP Low	RBP High	P Value
No.	372	321	51
Gender, No.
Male	247	214	33
Female	125	107	18
Ethnicity, No.
African American	23	21	2
White	55	46	9
Hispanic	292	252	40
Other	2	2	0
Age at admittance, y	8.1 ± 5.3	7.8 ± 5.1	10.3 ± 5.9	<.05
Inhalation injury, No. (%)	169 (45.4)	145 (45.2)	24 (47.1)	NS
Type of burn, No. (%)
Flame	306 (82.3)	263 (81.9)	43 (84.3)
Scald	41 (11.0)	38 (11.8)	3 (5.9)
Other	25 (6.7)	20 (6.2)	5 (9.8)
TBSA burn, second and third degree, %	59.5 ± 17.7	59.3 ± 16.8	60.4 ± 23.1	NS
TBSA, second degree, %	11.5 ± 15.8	11.9 ± 16.2	9.1 ± 13.0	NS
TBSA, third degree, %	48.0 ± 24.4	47.5 ± 23.5	51.2 ± 29.9	NS
Time, burn to admission, d	2.6 ± 2.3	2.5 ± 2.0	3.0 ± 3.7	NS

Both groups showed similar characteristics in demographics and severity of injury.

NS, not significant; RBP, retinol binding protein; TBSA, total body surface area.