Table 2.

Clinical data about the responders and non-responders to the adrenocorticotropic hormone test

	Responders (N=40)	Nonresponders (N = 29)	p value
Survivor/non-survivor	10/30	9/20	0.58
Age (years)	60.7±17.7	62.2±16.2	0.73
Albumin (g/L)	2.2 [1.6-2.3]	1.8 [1.6-2.1]	0.143
Baseline Cortisol ( µ g/dL)	22.8 [17.0-31.4]	26.6 [12.9-34.5]	0.857
Baseline Cortisol <25 µ g/dL	27 (68)	13 (45)	0.084
Baseline Cortisol/albumin	11.0 [6.9-15.8]	14.0 [5.4-18.8]	0.566
Peak Cortisol (µg/dL)	43.2 [33.8-53.5]	30.4 [17.9-41.1]	<0.001
Cortisol increase (µg/dL)	17.8 [13.6-23.4]	4.5 [3.0-7.1]	<0.001
Cortisol increase/albumin	8.1 [6.7-14.2]	2.6 [1.3-4.0]	<0.001
Cortisol increase (%)	78.6 [53.3-123.5]	19.9 [8.8-34.7]	<0.001
Admission APACHE II	21.5±7.6	22.0±7.8	0.825

APACHE - Acute Physiology and Chronic Health evaluation. Data are expressed as the mean±standard deviation, median [percentiles 25-75%] or number (%), where appropriate, by the indicated statistical test.