Table 2. Comparison between survivors and non-survivors for continuous variables.

	Survivors		Non-Survivors		P value
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Age	53	41–63	60	50–70	<0.001
APACHE III	86.5	69–106	103	89–124	<0.001
CVP	11	8.5–11.0	11	8–15	0.63
CK	103	39–265	66	31–138	0.01
ALT	27	17–44	25	17–38	0.91
CRP	22.5	12.6–30.8	21.4	12.9–31.6	0.90
Urine output (24 hours)	1388	799–2217	1062	579–2050	0.02
Number of quadrants with infiltrates	4	3–4	4	3–4	0.018
PaO2	84	70–106	82	69–104	0.62

Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation; APACHE: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; CVP: central venous pressure; CK: creatine kinase; CRP: C-reactive protein; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; PaO2: partial pressure of arterial oxygen; IQR: interquartile range.