Table 1b:

Demographic and Baseline Comparisons – Continuous Variables

	N	TOTAL MEDIAN (IQR)	N	EMS MEDIAN (IQR)	N	STANDARD MEDIAN (IQR)	P-VALUE*
AGE	42	31.9 (24.8,50.7)	21	31.0 (26.3, 44.1)	21	33.6 (23.6, 52.3)	0.9198
BMI	42	27.4 (23.9, 30.3)	21	28.7 (23.9, 30.9)	21	26.6 (23.8, 30.2)	0.4562
BASELINE CRP	32	103 (56, 203)	17	103 (55, 210)	15	103 (64, 197)	0.8449
BASELINE CATABOLIC INDEX	35	3.8 (0.2, 7.5)	18	3.0 (−2.1, 7.5)	17	5.0 (1.7, 7.0)	0.2283
APACHE	42	10.5 (5, 14)	21	10 (5, 14)	21	11 (5, 13)	0.8400
GCS	42	9.5 (7, 14)	21	9.0 (7, 14)	21	10 (8, 11)	0.8392
ISS	42	25 (17, 35)	21	22 (17, 35)	21	26 (17, 34)	0.7051
SOFA	42	4 (3, 7)	21	4 (2, 7)	21	4 (3, 6)	0.4853

^*Wilcoxon rank sum test