Risk Factors for Predicting Mortality and Amputation of Patients with Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections: Retrospective Analysis of 111 Cases from a Single Medical Center

Table 6

LRINEC score comparison of live and dead patients.

Variable	Group	Size (missing)	Mean ± SD	Median (interquartile range)	Range (minimum and maximum)	Test method	χ^2(T or Z)	value
LRINEC	Live	100 (0)	4.02 ± 3.00	3.00 (2.00, 6.00)	12 (0, 12)	Wilcoxon two-sample test	1.971	0.049
	Dead	11 (0)	5.82 ± 3.03	6.00 (3.00, 9.00)	8 (2, 10)
	Difference (row 1-row 2)		−1.8	95% CI (−3.69, 0.09)

LRINEC, laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing fasciitis; SD, standard deviation.