Intestinal carrier-mediated thiamin uptake. Thiamin uptake expressed as percent of controls.
Values are mean ± SE; n = 6 for each group.
*P < 0.001: severe compared with mild sepsis and control; moderate compared with mild sepsis, and control.
†P = 0.003: severe compared with moderate sepsis.
#P = 0.001: mild sepsis compared with control.