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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Cytokine profiles as markers of disease severity in sepsis: a multiplex analysis

Characteristic

All patients (n = 60)

Survivors (n = 31)

Nonsurvivors (n = 29)

Age (years)a

64 (51–75)

55 (48.5–81.50)

64.0 (58.5–73.5)

Gender (male/female)

36/24

19/12

17/12

APACHE II score (points)a

20 (17–23)

17.0 (14.5–20.0)

22.0 (20.0–28.0)*

SOFA score on day 1a

9 (6–11)

7 (5–9)

11 (8.5–12)*

SOFA score on day 3a

7 (5–10)

6 (3–7)

10.5 (8.5–12.5)*

Septic shock

46/60

19/31

27/29

Sites of infection

   

   Lung

33 (55.00%)

20 (64.52%)

13 (44.83%)

   Abdomen

15 (25.00%)

5 (16.13%)

10 (34.48%)

   Blood

5 (8.33%)

3 (9.68%)

2 (6.90%)

   Other

7 (11.66%)

3 (9.68%)

4 (13.79%)

Microbiological data

   

   Gram-negative bacteria

37 (61.66%)

18 (66.67%)

19 (82.50%)

   Gram-positive bacteria

7 (11.66%)

5 (18.52%)

2 (8.69%)

   Polybacterial

4 (6.66%)

2 (7.41%)

2 (8.69%)

   Fungi

2 (3.33%)

2 (7.41%)

0 (0%)

   Positive cultures

50 (83.33%)

27 (87.10%)

23 (76.00%)

   Positive blood cultures

12 (20.00%)

8 (29.63%)

4 (17.39%)

  1. Unless otherwise stated, values are expressed as number or number (%). aMedian (interquartile range). *P < 0.05, survivors versus nonsurvivors. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.