Skip to main content

Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Reversal of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte count ratio in early versus late death from septic shock

 

All patients (n = 130)

Abdominal septic shock (n = 99) (1)

Extra-abdominal septic shock (n = 31) (2)

p Value (1) vs (2)

Age, yr

72.7 (60.3–82.4)

72.5 (61.4–82)

74 (58.7–84.2)

0.76

Female

54 (41.5)

42 (42.4)

12 (38.7)

0.54

Male

76 (58.5)

57 (57.6)

19 (61.3)

0.54

Origin of sepsis

    

 Digestive tract

99 (74.6)

99 (100)

0 (0)

 

 Bone and soft tissue

14 (11)

0 (0)

14 (45)

 

 Pulmonary

7 (5)

0 (0)

7 (22)

 

 Urinary tract

6 (4)

0 (0)

6 (19)

 

 Blood/endocarditis

4 (3)

0 (0)

4 (12)

 

Comorbidities

    

 CAD

24 (18)

20 (20)

4 (13)

0.36

 Diabetes

28 (21)

23 (23)

5 (16)

0.4

 COPD

13 (10)

8 (8)

5 (16)

0.19

 Cancer/immunosuppression

33 (25)

28 (28)

5 (16)

0.17

 Charlson comorbidity index score

5 (4–6)

5 (4–6)

5 (4–6)

0.86

Severity and outcome

    

 SAPS II

52.5 (42–60.8)

52 (40.5–61)

53 (44–59)

0.61

 SOFA score at admission

8 (6–12)

8 (6–11.5)

9 (8–12)

0.066

 In-ICU LOS

5 (2–11.8)

5 (2–10)

10 (3–18)

0.061

 In-ICU mortality

54 (41.5)

37 (37.4)

17 (54.8)

0.085

 Hospital-acquired infection

29 (22.3)

20 (20.2)

9 (29)

0.3

Cell counts at admission

    

 Neutrophils, 109/L

9.7 (4–16.3)

10.1 (3.9–16.3)

8.3 (5.8–17.1)

0.78

 Lymphocytes, 109/L

0.8 (0.5–1.3)

0.8 (0.5–1.3)

0.9 (0.6–1.4)

0.88

 NLCR

9.3 (4.8–18.2)

9 (4.6–17.9)

11.5 (5.5–18.5)

0.47

  1. Abbreviations: CAD coronary artery disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, NLCR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte count ratio
  2. Continuous variables are expressed as median with interquartile range or count with percentage, as appropriate