Table 1.
Characteristics of Healthy and ARDS Subjects
| ARDS | Healthy | |
|---|---|---|
| Male/femalea | 33/25 | 21/15 |
| Median age, yrb | 51 (22–68) | 47 (26–70) |
| Weight (kg)b | 52 (46–78) | 56 (51–72) |
| BMI (kg.cm−2)b | 28.2 (25–36) | 28.6 (26–43) |
| Survivors/nonsurvivors, na | 36/22 | |
| Servere sepsis/septic shock, na | 34/24 | |
| MODS scoreb | 7 (6–12) | |
| APACHE IIb | 29.3 (19–42) | |
| Median lung scoreb | 2.8 (2.2–4.1) | |
| SOFAb | 11 (8–15) | |
| SAPSb | 59 (46–68) | |
| Median PaO2/FIO2b | 129 (102–186) | |
| Endotoxin (Eu/mL)b | 2.9 (0.13–14.45) | 0.05 (0.001–0.08) |
| CRP (mg/L)b | 211.2 (28.9–645.3) | 1.2 (1.2–2.2) |
| PCT (ng/mL)b | 2.11 (0.06–22.54) | 0.008 (0.004–0.02) |
| IL–6 (pg/mL)b | 319 (45–5000) | 5.6 (0–7) |
| Underlying disorder | 15 post-op | |
| 13 pancreatitis | ||
| 10 trauma | ||
| 9 obstruction | ||
| 7 cancer | ||
| 2 diabetes | ||
| 1 each cirrhosis, sickle cell crisis | ||
| Clinical Infection | 32 intra-abdominal | |
| 13 catheter/bloodstream | ||
| 9 urinary tract (15) | ||
| 4 skin and soft tissue |
Notes: aData are expressed as number. bData are expressed as medians and their interquartile ranges.