Table 4 Comparison of primary outcome measures in three groups of patients treated with IVIG with the standard treatment group
Feature | Low-dose IVIG group and standard group | Medium-dose IVIG group and standard group | High-dose IVIG group and standard group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Standard group | Low IVIG | t test | p value | Standard group | Medium IVIG | t test | p value | Standard group | High IVIG | t test | p value | |
Number of patients | 109 | 25 | 109 | 32 | 109 | 17 | ||||||
ICU length of stay (days) | 7.33 | 10.24 | − 1.724 | 0.087 | 7.33 | 9.77 | − 1.614 | − 1.109 | 7.33 | 7.94 | 0.353 | 0.724 |
Duration of hospitalization (days) | 11.10 | 13.12 | − 1.031 | 0.305 | 11.10 | 16.09 | 12.887 | 0.005 | 11.10 | 10.39 | 0.336 | 0.737 |
Mortality rate | 48 | 13 | 0.248 | 0.618 | 48 | 18 | 1.033 | 0.310 | 48 | 11 | 1.189 | 0.275 |