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. 2014 Apr 3;18(2):R61. doi: 10.1186/cc13816

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of all 562 patients included in the study

  Non-DIC
JAAM DIC
P value
(n= 257) ISTH (−) (n= 210) ISTH (+) (n= 95)
Age (years)
48 ± 20
49 ± 23
49 ± 25
0.682
Sex (male/female)
64/193
76/134
43/52
0.001
Injury Severity Score
20.7 ± 11.5
25.7 ± 13.0
35.3 ± 13.0
0.000
APACHE II score
13.9 ± 7.2
19.7 ± 8.2
26.1 ± 8.1
0.000
SOFA score
5.0 ± 2.2
6.5 ± 3.3
10.2 ± 3.6
0.000
SIRS criteria
2.8 ± 0.8
3.4 ± 0.7
3.0 ± 0.9
0.000
JAAM DIC score (day 0)
1.5 ± 1.0
4.7 ± 1.0
6.7 ± 1.3
0.000
ISTH DIC score (day 0)
1.2 ± 1.2
3.3 ± 0.6
5.9 ± 1.0
0.000
MODS (yes/no)
2/255
22/188
41/54
0.000
Outcome (survived/died)
248/9
174/36
54/41
0.000
FDP/D-dimer ratio
1.6 ± 0.9
1.8 ± 0.7
4.3 ± 19.8
0.000
Lactate (mM) 3.2 ± 1.9 4.9 ± 3.2 8.2 ± 5.1 0.000

APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulation; FDP, fibrin fibrinogen degradation products; FFP, fresh frozen plasma; ISTH, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis; JAAM, Japanese Association for Acute Medicine; MODS, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; PRBCs, packed red blood cells; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment. ISTH (−) (+), JAAM DIC patients who did not meet the ISTH overt DIC criteria and those who simultaneously met the ISTH overt DIC criteria, respectively. P value, Kruskal-Wallis test.