Table 1 Patient characteristics of severe burn included in this study

Age (years, mean ± SD)

44.3 ± 12.4

40.8 ± 13.8

0.045

Weight (kg, mean ± SD)

66.3 ± 10.2

66.2 ± 12.4

0.929

Sex [n(%)]

0.888

 Male

57 (75.0)

191 (75.8)

 Female

19 (25.0)

61 (24.2)

Injury source [n(%)]

0.215

 Fire

63 (82.9)

180 (71.4)

 Chemicals

8 (10.5)

45 (17.9)

 Hot liquid

2 (2.6)

16 (6.3)

 Electrical

3 (3.9)

11 (4.4)

Principally burned region [n(%)]

 < 0.001

 Head/face/neck

73 (96.1)

209 (82.9)

 Hand

69 (90.8)

199 (79.0)

 Perineum

35 (46.1)

37 (14.7)

rVAS [M (Q₁, Q₃)]

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 6)

0.064

WBC [× 10⁹/L, M (Q₁, Q₃)]

18.7 (13.1, 24.0)

13.0 (9.8, 18.4)

 < 0.001

CRP [mg/ml, M (Q₁, Q₃)]

41.0 (8.0, 116.5)

65.1 (29.7, 117.7)

0.287

Platelet [× 10⁹/L, M (Q₁, Q₃)]

237 (141, 353)

200 (124, 295)

0.022

ALB [g/L, M (Q₁, Q₃)]

30.6 (23.0, 38.6)

28.3 (25.0, 33.6)

0.370

LOHS [d, M (Q₁, Q₃)]

13 (7, 26)

49 (33, 77)

 < 0.001