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Table 2 Overall Descriptive Statistics (n = 1390)

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

Continuous Variables

μ ± SE

Age (years)

59 ± 0.46

Length of Stay (hours)

Length of Stay in ICU (hours)

316 ± 11

82 ± 5

Categorical Variables

n (%)

Insurance Status

 Government

1075(77)

  Other

315(23)

Race

  Black

729(52)

  White

584(42)

  Other/Unknown

77(6)

Biological Sex

 Female

642(46)

 Male

748(54)

Hypertension

  Yes

525(38)

  No

865(62)

Diabetes

  Yes

129(9)

  No

1261(91)

Vasoactive Drug Use*

  Yes

229 (16)

  No

1161 (84)

IV vitamin C Use

  Yes

212(15)

  No

1178(85)

AKI

  Yes

695(50)

  No

695(50)

Death

  Yes

119(9)

  No

1271(91)

  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