an increasing trendp = 0.01
Analysis of the subgroups stratified based on BMI revealed an increasing trend of SIRS score of patients in the low VSr group with significant differences found at day 16 ( p = 0.01) and day 25 (low vs. intermediate VSr group: p = 0.011, intermediate vs. high VSr group: p = 0.044) ( Figure 9 ). 4.