Table 3 Step-wise logistic regression analysis of patients’ characteristics on day 1 to predict sepsis-induced immunosuppression on day 3 as expressed by tumour necrosis factor-α production less than 250 pg/ml after stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells with lipopolysaccharide

From: Decreased cytokine production by mononuclear cells after severe gram-negative infections: early clinical signs and association with final outcome