Table 2.
Comparison of the micronutrients and nutritional characteristics of patients divided into groups according to SIRS, sepsis and death.
| Variables | SIRS | p | Sepsis | p | Death | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Negative (n:28) (n:40) | Positive Negative (n:18) (n:50) | Positive Negative (n:11) (n:57) | |||||||
| Thiamine (ng/mL) | 37.8 (19.6–66.5) | 42.2 (30.1–95.7) | 0.044 | 28.3 (18.7–58.3) | 42.2 (29.6–88.9) | 0.032 | 29.6 (24.1–53.3) | 42 (27.7–81.6) | 0.247 |
| Vitamin B6 (ng/mL) | 6.1 (2.3–17.4) | 6.4 (3.5–14.8) | 0.596 | 8.6 (2.1–21.7) | 6 (3.5–14.1) | 0.813 | 10.6 (2.2–21.1) | 5.8 (3.1–15.4) | 0.696 |
| Zinc (µg/dL) | 59 (47.2–67) | 69 (53.5–91.7 | 0.042 | 59 (46–69.2) | 65.5 (52.7–88.7) | 0.131 | 62 (47–78) | 65 (51–84) | 0.681 |
| Copper (µg/dL) | 140 (114.7–171.2) | 141 (110–158) | 0.699 | 137.2 ± 48.4 | 143.9 ± 39.2 | 0.577 | 131.3 ± 58.2 | 144.3 ± 37.6 | 0.493 |
| Selenium (µg/L) | 45.6 (36.9–60.4) | 52.6 (42.4–63.6) | 0.229 | 49.8 ± 14.6 | 51.9 ± 13.9 | 0.596 | 48.1 ± 11.7 | 51.9 ± 14.4 | 0.408 |
| Vitamin B12 (pg/mL) | 318 (191.2–533.5) | 218 (134.2–347) | 0.144 | 409.5 (145.7–650) | 235.5 (160.5–376.5) | 0.124 | 421 (127–609) | 228 (157–466.5) | 0.237 |
| Chromium (µg/L) | 12.4 ± 5 | 10.6 ± 6.5 | 0.193 | 14.4 (11.4–16.4) | 8.5 (5.1–16.4) | 0.027 | 14.3 ± 4.5 | 10.8 ± 6.1 | 0.043 |
| Multiple micronutrients deficiency | 13 (46.4) | 9 (22.5) | 0.07 | 8 (44.4) | 14 (28) | 0.325 | 5 (45.5) | 17 (29.8) | 0.508 |
| Cu/Zn ratio | 2.54 ± 1.00 | 2.06 ± 0.85 | 0.051 | 2.42 ± 0.93 | 2.23 ± 0.96 | 0.471 | 2.18 ± 0.99 | 2.31 ± 0.94 | 0.694 |
| NRS-2002 score on admission | 5 (3.25–6) | 2 (2–3) | <0.001 | 5 (4–6) | 3 (2–4) | <0.001 | 5 (5–7) | 3 (2–4) | <0.001 |
| Albumin | 2.86 ± 0.56 | 3.78 ± 0.53 | <0.001 | 2.69 ± 0.51 | 3.66 ± 0.58 | <0.001 | 2.52 ± 0.48 | 3.57 ± 0.61 | <0.001 |
| BMI | 23.2 (20.9–27.3) | 23.9 (20.8–27.8) | 0.861 | 23.2 (21.2–26.5) | 23.9 (20.6–27.7) | 0.868 | 24 (21.3–25.6) | 23.9 (20.8–27.8) | 0.920 |
SIRS: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, NRS-2002: Nutritional risk screening-2002, Cu: copper, Zn: Zinc, BMI: body mass index. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD, median (including the lower and upper quartiles) or noun (percentage).