Table 3.
(a) Correlations between lipid values and brain injury (yes/no) in MODS patients over time, (b) Kendall correlations between lipid values and percent of total protein.
| (a) | |||||||
| Group | Time | Total dhSM | Total SM | Total Cer | Total hydroxy Cer | Total Hex-Cer | Total Lac-Cer |
| MODS | Day 1 | NA | −0.053 | −0.053 | NA | −0.172 | −0.238 |
| MODS | Day 3 | NA | −0.059 | 0.029 | −0.217 | 0.029 | 0.074 |
| MODS | Day 8 | NA | 0.071 | −0.357 | −0.218 | 0.214 | 0.214 |
| ECMO | Day 1 | −0.577 | −0.655 | −0.218 | 0.000 | −0.546 | −0.655 |
| ECMO | Day 3 | −0.149 | −0.552 | 0.138 | −0.414 | −0.276 | −0.354 |
| ECMO | Day 8 | −0.730 | −0.730 | 0.183 | −0.365 | −0.730 | −0.730 |
| (b) | |||||||
| Group | Time | Total dhSM | Total SM | Total Cer | Total 2-hydroxy Cer | Total Hex-Cer | Total Lac-Cer |
| ECMO | 1.000 | 0.499 | 0.262 | 0.577 | 0.000 | 0.157 | −0.052 |
| ECMO | 3.000 | 0.264 | 0.390 | 0.098 | 0.683 | 0.390 | −0.250 |
| ECMO | 8.000 | 0.733 | 0.600 | −0.067 | −0.067 | 0.600 | 0.867 |
| MODS | 1.000 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| MODS | 3.000 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| MODS | 8.000 | NA | −0.429 | −0.071 | −0.182 | −0.357 | −0.214 |
Notes: 2-hydroxy Cer: 2-hydroxy ceramide; Cer: ceramide; dhSM: dihydrosphingomyelin; Hex-Cer: hexosylceramides; Lac-Cer: lactosylceramides; SM: Sphingomyelin. Table 3a was not adjusted for sex and age.