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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all participants

From: Peripheral blood monocyte status is a predictor for judging occurrence and development on sepsis in older adult population: a case control study

 

All patients

Controls

P value

Septic shock group

Septic group

N = 28

N = 52

N = 40

Age (yrs)

80.0 ± 8.4

81.1 ± 8.6

76 ± 5.8

0.085

Male, n (%)

17(60.7)

26(50)

24(40)

0.530

PCT (ng/ml)

18.8 ± 40.4

11.5 ± 23.0

 

0.476

CRP (mg/L)

140.3 ± 94.5

110.6 ± 79.5

/

0.194

ESR (mm/h)

50.0 ± 33.8

51.4 ± 31.9

/

0.935

SOFA score

11.1 ± 1.4

5.3 ± 2.4

/

 < 0.001

SAPS II

45.5 ± 10.5

37.6 ± 8.9

/

0.001

28-day mortality, n (%)

10(35.7)

3(5.8)

/

0.003

  1. Data are described by mean ± SD, median (Q1, Q3), number (%)
  2. PCT Procalcitonin, CRP C Reactive protein, ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, SOFA Sequential organ failure assessment, SAPS II Simplified acute physiology score II
  3. P < 0.05 was indicated in bold
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