Table 1.

Baseline data and clinical characteristics of 46 patients (mean ± SEM).

Group	Age (yr)	Female percentage	APACHE II score	Lung-injury score
Survivors (n = 22)	43.84 ± 3.35	32%	25 ± 0.5	2.60 ± 0.7
Non-survivor (n = 24)	66.59 ± 2.94	45%	28 ± 0.4	2.7 ± 0.6
Examining value	t = −3.342	χ2 = 0.947	U = −2.846	U = −1.78
p value	0.003	0.378	0.004	0.076