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. 2018 May 2;13(5):e0195861. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195861

Table 2. Patient demographics and clinical characteristics.

Numbers of cases (%) Development set (set 1; n = 656) External validation set (set 2; n = 217)
DIC
(n = 228)
Non-DIC
(n = 428)
P value DIC
(n = 80)
Non-DIC
(n = 137)
P value
Age, years 60.8 ± 16.6 58.1 ± 17.5 .053 62.7 ± 15.9 64.2 ± 16.5 .228
Gender, male 119 (52.2) 225 (52.6) .992 49 (61.3) 71 (51.8) .530
Currently in ICU 155 (68.0) 171 (40.0) < .001 59 (73.8) 59 (43.1) < .001
    APACHE II score ± SD * 30.2 ± 10.7 24.3 ± 9.8 < .001 25.3 ± 9.7 16.2 ± 6.7 < .001
Mortality (28-days) 146 (64.0) 77 (18.0) < .001 53 (66.2) 12 (8.8) < .001
On anticoagulation therapy 2 (0.9) 32 (7.5) .001 2 (2.5) 5 (3.6) .949
Thrombosis 12 (5.3) 46 (10.7) .027 4 (5.0) 9 (6.6) .862
Bleeding 60 (26.3) 85 (19.9) .072 22 (27.5) 12 (8.8) .001
Organ failure 116 (50.9) 58 (13.6) < .001 39 (48.8) 15 (10.9) < .001
SIRS score ≥ 3 176 (77.2) 146 (34.1) < .001 66 (82.5) 53 (38.7) < .001
Associated conditions with DIC
    Sepsis/Infection 161 (70.6) 140 (32.7) < .001 58 (72.5) 47 (34.3) < .001
Tissue damage 28 (12.3) 51 (11.9) .991 23 (28.7) 33 (24.1) .551
    Post major surgery 34 (14.9) 133 (31.1) < .001 13 (16.2) 46 (33.6) .009
Hematologic malignancy 26 (11.4) 35 (8.2) .225 7 (8.8) 5 (3.6) .201
    Solid cancer 87 (38.2) 82 (19.2) < .001 20 (25.0) 17 (12.4) .028
Hepatic failure 34 (14.9) 17 (4.0) < .001 13 (16.2) 4 (2.9) .001
    Obstetric complications 4 (1.8) 21 (4.9) .073 1 (1.2) 3 (2.2) > .999
Vascular abnormalities 4 (1.8) 18 (4.2) .152 11 (13.8) 31 (22.6) .156
    Immunologic insult 4 (1.8) 22 (5.1) .057 9 (11.2) 5 (3.6) .056

* The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score was calculated only if a patient was admitted to ICU.