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. 2021 Jun 16;8:648442. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.648442

Table 3.

Comparison of septic and non-septic shock patients.

Sepsis shock (n = 42) No sepsis shock (n = 140) P
Age (months) 22.5 (5, 54) 21 (6.5, 74.5) 0.597
Weight (Kg) 11 (6.5, 16.6) 11.3 (8, 14.3) 0.787
Male (n) 27 (64.3%) 83 (59.3%) 0.562
z-score (W/H, BMI) −1.3 (−2.2, 0) −0.9 (−1.3, 0.5) 0.085
Underlying chronic conditions (n) 28 (66.7%) 102 (72.8%) 0.436
Mechanical ventilation (n) 37 111 0.199
Confirmed infection (n) 18 (42.9%) 57 (40.7%) 0.805
CV-SOFA score 3 (3, 4) 1 (0, 1) <0.001
PRISM-III score 18 (15, 21) 13 (8, 17) <0.001
   ≥10 (n) 40 (95.2%) 101 (72.1%) <0.001
30-days mortality (n) 16 (38.1%) 17 (12.1%) <0.001
Mean Vitamin E (mg/L) 4.6 (3.4, 7) 6.8 (5.3, 8.4) <0.001
Vitamin E <5 mg/L (n) 26 (61.9%) 29 (20.7%) <0.001
PICU Length of stay, (days) 6 (3, 9) 6 (4, 9) 0.783
DD (mg/L) 2.32 (0.86, 15.9) 1.28 (0.61, 3.58) 0.012
PLT (×1012/L) 187.5 (122, 269) 219.5 (135, 305) 0.215
PCT (μg/L) 12.9 (5.2, 18.0) 10.1 (4.5, 14.5) 0.122
WBC (×109/L) 8.9 (6.1, 16.9) 9.4 (6.4, 13.7) 0.968
LAC (mmol/L) 3.5 (1.3, 7.7) 1.1 (0.8, 1.8) <0.001
HB (g/L) 84.5 (68.4, 89.6) 89.5 (74, 104) 0.012
ALB (g/L) 28 (25.3, 34.9) 32.6 (29.4, 37) 0.004

Testing for association with serum 25(OH)D level by Mann–Whitney test (dichotomy) or chi-square test.