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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Use of plasma C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, neutrophils, macrophage migration inhibitory factor, soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor, and soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 in combination to diagnose infections: a prospective study

Characteristic

Patients (%; n = 151)

Age (years; median [range])

56 (20–94)

Sex

 

   Male

73 (48.3)

   Female

78 (51.7)

Comorbiditya

67 (44.7)

   Solid tumours and haematological malignancies

14 (9.3)

   HIV infection

17 (11.3)

   Diabetes

13 (8.6)

   COPD and asthma

15 (9.9)

   Drug or alcohol abuse

13 (8.6)

   Other diseasesb

17 (11.3)

Medication before admission

 

   Bacterial antibiotics

39 (25.8)

   Immunosuppressivesc

9 (6.0)

Disease severity

 

   SAPS II (median [5th to 95th percentile])

18 (6–36)

   SOFA score

 

0–1

86 (57.0)

2–3

48 (31.8)

4–5

12 (7.9)

>5

5 (3.3)

  1. Data are expressed as n (%), unless otherwise indicated. aSeveral patients had more than one comorbidity (for eample, three had both HIV infection and viral hepatitis). bInflammatory bowl disease, rheumatoid arthritis, disseminated sclerosis, chronic adrenal insufficiency, viral hepatitis, cardio vascular diseases, and diseases of the thyroid gland. cSteroids, methotrexate, azathioprine, and monoclonal tumour necrosis factaor-α antibodies. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA, Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment.