There were no differences in age, PRISM III and admission diagnosis between the two ARDS groups.
Differences were analysed in Prism 6.0 software (GraphPad, La Jolla, CA, USA) using Mann-Whitney test or unpaired t-test and considered statistically significant when p < 0.05.
The Mann–Whitney U analysis revealed no significant difference in the PRISM scores between MRSA and MSSA groups (Z = −0.706, p = 0.48).> -wrap-foot> Notes: MRSA: methicillin-resistant S. aureus; MSSA: methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; PRISM: pediatric risk of mortality.
An unpaired two-tailed t test was used to analyse the data and to determine the statistical significance of any differences in gene expression (GraphPad Prism 5, Hearne Scientific Software).
No differences in clinical presentation or PRISM score were found between the two groups or among different ST.
Kaplan Meier curves were used to estimate the probabilities of survival and time to progression and the log-rank test to assess the statistical significance of differences in event rates using Prism 5 (GraphPad software, Inc.,La Jolla, CA, USA).
Mean differences in scores on the PRISM-RII, WHO-5, and PAID between patients with and without complications and/or comorbidity were tested using Students t-tests, as an indication of discriminant validity.
Statistics to determine if significant differences were present among genotypes were performed in Prism 5.0 software (GraphPad Software, San Diego, CA, USA).
All analyses were computed using SPSS software version 18 [ 4], except R software [ 5] was used to calculate 95%% confidence intervals for the difference in proportions and Prism used to calculate Mann–Whitney U. A 5%% significance level was used throughout.
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