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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: Thorax. 2022 Mar 30;78(4):383–393. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217526

Table 1 –

Patient Characteristics

N Control
53
Sepsis
53
PRMT4, mean (SD, ng/mL) 7.8 (11.0) 18.4 (28.6)
Demographics
Age, mean (SD) 55(15.0) 55 (17.5)
Male, n (%) 31 (58.5) 24 (45.3)
BMI, mean (SD) 28.8 (9.1) 30.9 (9.4)
Comorbidities, n (%)
Diabetes 16 (30.2) 22 (41.5)
COPD 6 (11.3) 11 (20.7)
Immunosuppression 9 (17) 9 (17)
Chronic Cardiac Failure 3 (5.7) 7 (13.2)
Chronic Kidney Disease 6 (11.3) 5 (9.4)
Pulmonary Fibrosis 0 (0) 2 (3.8)
Active Neoplasm 3 (5.7) 3 (5.7)
Chronic Liver Disease 9 (17) 6 (11.3)
Alcohol Use 13 (24.5) 8 (15.1)
Severity of Illness
SOFA score1, mean (SD) 5.2 (2.4) 7.4 (2.6)
PaO2:FiO2 ratio, mean (SD) 224 (152) 196 (88)
Shock, n (%) 10 (18.9) 34 (64.2)
Acute Kidney Injury, n (%) 22 (41.5) 40 (75.5)
ICU LOS, days, mean (SD) 8.5 (9.4) 13.4 (9.8)
30-day mortality, n (%) 6 (11.3) 12 (22.6)
90-day mortality, n (%) 7 (13.2) 13 (24.5)

BMI - body mass index, COPD - chronic obstructive lung disease, SOFA - sequential organ failure assessment, PaO2 - arterial partial pressure of oxygen, FiO2 - fraction of inspired oxygen, ICU - intensive care unit, LOS - length of stay.