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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Hypovitaminosis C and vitamin C deficiency in critically ill patients despite recommended enteral and parenteral intakes

Characteristic

Total cohort (n = 44)*

Non-septic (n = 17)

Septic shock (n = 24)

P valuea

Gender, % male

61

71

58

 

Age, years

64 (14)

64 (11)

64 (15)

0.3

Weight, kg

78 (20)

87 (18)

72 (19)

0.9

Baseline disease

 Cardiac

 

12

  

 Neurological

 

3

 

 Trauma

 

1

 

 Failed renal transplant

 

1

 

Source of sepsis

 Abdominal

  

13

 

 Respiratory

  

8

 Skin/joint

  

2

 Urinary

  

1

SAPS II

45.8 (14)

46.5 (13)

45.3 (16)

0.8

APACHE II

20 (6.4)

21.4 (7.0)

19 (5.9)

0.3

SOFA

8.2 (3.6)

9.4 (3.5)

7.6 (3.2)

0.8

  1. Abbreviations: SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
  2. Data are presented as percentage or mean and SD where applicable
  3. *Note that three patients could not be categorised as either non-septic or septic shock
  4. aUnpaired Student’s t test for non-septic versus septic shock
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