. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 13.

Published in final edited form as: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2011 Nov;35(6):10.1177/0148607111413901. doi: 10.1177/0148607111413901

Table 2.

Patients’ Clinical Outcome Parameters

	All	RBP Low	RBP High	P Value
No.	372	321	51
Number OR	5.1 ± 3.3	5.1 ± 3.4	5.2 ± 3.0	NS
Time between OR	5.3 ± 1.7	5.3 ± 1.7	5.1 ± 2.0	NS
LOS ICU, d	37.8 ± 27.1	36.1 ± 24.0	38.8 ± 29.2	NS
LOS/TBSA	0.7 ± 0.8	0.6 ± 0.3	1.1 ± 2.2	<.05
Died, No. (%)	38 (10.2)	23 (7.2)	15 (29.4)	<.001
Max DENVER2	3.7 ± 1.8	3.5 ± 1.5	5.1 ± 2.4	<.05
MOF, No. (%)	81 (21.8)	55 (17.1)	26 (51.0)	<.05
Sepsis, No. (%)	54 (14.5)	34 (10.6)	20 (39.2)	<.001
No. infections	2.7 ± 2.5	2.6 ± 2.4	3.1 ± 3.1	NS

Data presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated. Patients with low RBP levels showed a significantly lower incidence of clinical complications (MOF, sepsis) and mortality.

ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay; MOF, multiorgan failure; NS, not significant; OR, operations; RBP, retinol binding protein; TBSA, total body surface area.