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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients on the day of ICU admission or diagnosis of sepsis

From: Is Interleukin-6 a better predictor of successful antibiotic therapy than procalcitonin and C-reactive protein? A single center study in critically ill adults

 

Survivors (n = 210)

Non-survivors (n = 118)

p (survivors vs. non-survivors)

Median age

64 [54;73]

62 [55;69]

0.319

Males

128/210 (61.0%)

79/118 (66.9%)

0.280

Median BMI

25.0 [22;29]

24.0 [21.75;28]

0.248

APACHE II score

26.6 ± 8.1

28.0 ± 7.6

0.110

SOFA score

7.6 ± 3.9

10.1 ± 3.9

< 0.001

Sepsis focus

   

 Pulmonary

102/210 (48.6%)

84/118 (71.2%)

< 0.001

 Urinary tract

42/210 (20.0%)

10/118 (8.5%)

0.006

 Abdomen

18/210 (8.6%)

11/118 (9.3%)

0.818

 Vascular access

16/210 (7.6%)

0/118 (0%)

0.002

 Skin and soft tissue

6/210 (3.3%)

3/118 (1.7%)

0.867

 Endocarditis

4/210 (1.9%)

2/118 (1.7%)

0.892

 Others

22/210 (10.5%)

8/118 (6.8%)

0.265

  1. BMI Body-Mass-Index, APACHE II score Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II score, SOFA score, Sequential Organ Failure Assessmentscore, IL-6 Interleukin-6, PCT, Procalcitonin, CRP C-reactive protein