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Table 2 Association of baseline activin A, activin B and activin A/follistatin with severity of respiratory failure

From: Serum activin A and B, and follistatin in critically ill patients with influenza A(H1N1) infection

  

Activin A

Activin B

Activin A/follistatin

PaO2/FiO2 at ICU admission

D0

r = -0.093; P = 0.659

r = -0.073; P = 0.730

r = -0.023; P = 0.914

highest

r = -0.181; P = 0.385

r = 0.124; P = 0.556

r = -0.132; P = 0.529

PaO2/FiO2 lowest during ICU stay

D0

r = 0.122; P = 0.538

r = 0.186; P = 0.343

r = 0.105; P = 0.596

highest

r = -1.31; P = 0.498

r = 0.052; P = 0.719

r = -0.117; P = 0.547

PEEP at admission

D0

r = -0.071; P = 0.773

r = -0.093; P = 0.706

r = -0.039; P = 0.875

highest

r = 0.297; P = 0.217

r = 0.118; P = 0.629

r = 0.102; P = 0.678

Ventilatory support free days

D0

r = -0.143; P = 0.467

r = 0.100; P = 0.613

r = -0.068; P = 0.729

highest

r = -0.452; P = 0.014

r = -0.166; P = 0.391

r = -0.446.; P = 0.015

SOFA score, at 24 hours

D0

r = 0.351; P = 0.067

r = 0.047; P = 0.814

r = 0.222; P = 0.257

highest

r = 0.466; P = 0.011

r = -0.095; P = 0.624

r = 0.369; P = 0.049

SAPSII score

D0

r = 0.252; P = 0.196

r = -0.020; P = 0.921

r = 0.191; P = 0.330

highest

r = 0.434; P = 0.019

r = -0.065; P = 0.739

r = 0.471; P = 0.010

C-reactive protein at ICU admission

D0

r = 0.131; P = 0.516

r = 0.140; P = 0.485

r = 0.057; P = 0.778

highest

r = 0.232; P = 0.235

r = 0.279; P = 0151

r = 0.201; P = 0.305

Length of ICU stay

D0

r = 0.202; P = 0.303

r = -0.077; P = 0.698

r = 0.093; P = 0.638

 

highest

r = 0.422; P = 0.023

r = -0.128; P = 0.507

r = 0.409; P = 0.028

  1. ICU, intensive care unit; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; r, Spearman’s correlation coefficient; D0, baseline.