Increases in inflammatory and CD14dim/CD16pos/CD45pos patrolling monocytes in sepsis: correlation with final outcome

Table 2 Differences in baseline characteristics of patients in relation to the absolute number of CD14^dim/CD16^bri/CD45^pos monocytes on day 3

	> 27 cells/mm³ (n = 17)	≤ 27 cells/mm³ (n = 30)	p
Male gender	6 (35.3%)	14 (46.7%)	0.546
Age (years)	69.5 ± 15.9	71.8 ± 17.4	0.658
APACHE II score	11.0 ± 8.2	13.3 ± 8.1	0.378
SOFA score	2.4 ± 2.1	3.2 ± 2.5	0.266
White blood cells (/mm³)	13,262.9 ± 6016.2	12,728.5 ± 4211.1	0.750
pO₂/FiO₂	326.7 ± 109.1	209.9 ± 129.3	0.094
C-reactive protein (mg/l)	136.4 ± 99.3	121.3 ± 118.1	0.679
Type of infection
Acute pyelonephritis	13 (76.5%)	9 (30.0%)	0.003
Primary Gram-negative bacteremia	3 (17.6%)	4 (13.3%)	0.692
Acute intra-abdominal infection	1 (5.9%)	17 (57.6%)	0.001
Presence of at least one chronic disorder^a	8 (47.1%)	15 (50.0%)	0.758
Presence of multiple organ failure	5 (35.7%)	7 (31.7%)	1.00

Values are shown as mean ± SD or n (%)
APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, FiO2 fractional inspired oxygen, pO2 arterial oxygen tension, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
^a Type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, chronic heart failure, chronic renal disease, solid tumor malignancy

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