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Table 1 Bivariate Analyses between IV Vitamin C Group and Comparison Group

From: High dose intravenous vitamin C treatment in Sepsis: associations with acute kidney injury and mortality

 

All Patients (n = 1390)

 

Demographic Characteristic

IV vitamin C (n = 212)

Comparison

(n = 1178)

p

Continuous

μ ± SE

μ ± SE

 

Age (years)

62 ± 1.15

59 ± 0.51

0.02

Length of Stay (hours)

302 ± 18

319 ± 13

0.44

Length of Stay in ICU (hours)

119 ± 10

76 ± 6

< 0.001

Categorical

n (%)

n (%)

p

Insurance Status

  Government

182 (86)

893 (76)

0.001

  Other

30 (14)

285 (24)

 

Race

  Black

118 (56)

611 (52)

0.57

  White

84 (39)

500 (42)

 

  Other/Unknown

10 (5)

67 (6)

 

Biological Sex

  Female

100 (47)

542 (46)

0.76

  Male

112 (53)

636 (54)

Hypertension

  Yes

71 (33)

454 (39)

0.16

  No

141 (67)

724 (61)

 

Diabetes

  Yes

17 (8)

112 (10)

0.49

  No

195 (92)

1066 (90)

 

Vasoactive Drug Use*

  Yes

36 (17)

193 (16)

0.83

  No

176 (83)

985 (84)

 

AKI

  Yes

145 (68)

550 (47)

< 0.001

 No

67 (32)

628 (53)

 

Death

  Yes

30 (14)

89 (8)

0.002

  No

182 (86)

1089 (92)

 
  1. AKI Acute Kidney Injury
  2. *Vasoactive drug use was defined as having received at least one of the following: Dobutamine, Dopamine, Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, Phenylephrine, or Vasopressin