Table 7.

Differences in clinical outcome among three distinct situations of the same delta Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score

Same △SOFA	D1–D3		D1–D7
	Survivors	Nonsurvivors	Survivors	Nonsurvivors
Decreasing group	201	58	179	45
Stable group	113	48	44	19
Increasing group	98	84	41	55

D1–D3: compared with decreasing group and stable group, decreasing group and increasing group, stable group and increasing group, p₁ = 0.000 × 3, p₂ = 0.009 × 3, p₃ = 0.001 × 3, respectively; D1–D7:compared with decreasing group and stable group, decreasing group and increasing group, stable group and increasing group, p₄ = 0.000 × 3, p₅ = 0.089 × 3, p₆ = 0.002 × 3, respectively