Table 7.

Levels of biomarkers of autophagy in different groups.

Characteristics	Non-DIC, n = 48	DIC, n = 34	p
LC3B, pg/ml	30.7 (5.0–56.5)	13.3 (2.1–24.5)	0.0004***
mTOR, pg/ml PS6K, pg/ml	295.3 (180.4–410.1) 22.7 (14.8–30.5)	477.2 (323.1–631.3) 33.7 (21.9–45.4)	<0.0001**** <0.0001****

DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulation; LC3B, microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 type II; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; PS6K, phosphorylated ribosome S6 protein kinase.

***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001.