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Table 2 Patient characteristics according to survivors and nonsurvivors

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

 

All patients

 
 

Survivors (n = 76)

Nonsurvivors (n = 54)

p Value

Age, yr

70.7 (57.9–81.7)

75.7 (64.6–83.3)

0.095

Female

31 (40.8)

23 (42.6)

0.84

Male

45 (59.2)

31 (57.4)

 

Comorbidities

 CAD

14 (18.4)

10 (18.5)

0.99

 Diabetes

16 (21.1)

12 (22.2)

0.87

 COPD

8 (10.5)

5 (9.3)

0.81

 Cancer/immunosuppression

19 (25)

14 (25.9)

0.9

 Charlson comorbidity index score

5 (3–6)

5 (4–6.8)

0.052

Severity and outcome

 SAPS II

44 (39.8–54)

59.5 (53–70)

<0.0001

 SOFA score at admission

7 (5.8–9)

12 (7–14.8)

<0.0001

 In-ICU LOS

7 (4–11.2)

3 (1.2–11.8)

0.0049

 Hospital-acquired infection

12 (15.8)

17 (31.5)

0.034

Cell counts at admission

 Neutrophils, 109/L

9.7 (5.5–16.5)

9.8 (3.2–16.2)

0.43

 Lymphocytes, 109/L

0.7 (0.5–1.1)

1.1 (0.7–1.9)

0.0022

 NLCR

12.5 (6.5–21.2)

6.2 (3.7–12.6)

0.0014

  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