Table 2.

Comparisons of long-term post-septic changes in lipid profile in patients with favorable and unfavorable lipid profile prior to a septic insult.

	Patients with favorable baseline levels				Patients with unfavorable baseline levels
	N	Baseline	After Sepsis	p	N	Baseline	After sepsis	p
HDL	248	59.2 ± 13.0	56.7 ± 16.6	0.0099	319	33.9 ± 8.2	39.6 ± 11.9	<0.0001
LDL	334	72.6 ± 17.6	72.6 ± 26.9	0.9754	197	129.7 ± 32.1	105.8 ± 65.2	<0.0001
Total Cholesterol	212	127.7 ± 22.1	139.6 ± 35.7	<0.0001	218	201.6 ± 47.8	182.8 ± 71.7	<0.0001

Favorable baseline levels were defined as HDL ≥ 45 mg/dL, LDL ≤ 100 mg/dL, and total cholesterol ≤ 160 mg/dL.