Table 5. Comparison between cardiovascular and respiratory SOFA components on the first, third, and seventh days of dialysis and mortality.

Variables	Death		p-value*
	No	Yes
Cardiovascular SOFA (mean ± SD)
First day	2.8 ± 1.5	3.4 ± 1.1	0.005
Third day	2.0 ± 1.5	3.2 ± 1.2	< 0.001
Seventh day	1.7 ± 1.5	3.1 ± 1.4	< 0.001
Respiratory SOFA (mean ± SD)
First day	1.4 ± 1.0	1.9 ± 1.1	0.004
Third day	1.2 ± 0.9	1.6 ± 1.1	0.009
Seventh day	1.0 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 1.1	0.069

SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score

* Student’s t-test for the comparison of means