Table 2.
Disease severity of patients with sepsis with regard to sex.
| Characteristics | All (n = 737) |
Male (n = 484) |
Female (n = 253) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis Severity | ||||
| SOFA score | 7.2 ± 3.7 | 7.4 ± 3.6 | 6.9 ± 3.8 | 0.0265 |
| Days in septic shock | 1 (0, 2) | 0 (0, 2) | 1 (0, 2) | 0.1087 |
| ICU length of stay | 21 ± 16 | 20 ± 15 | 21 ± 19 | 0.6748 |
| Hospital length of stay | 39 ± 29 | 40 ± 30 | 37 ± 27 | 0.5416 |
| Inflammatory Values | ||||
| Leukocytes [1000/µL] | 13.2 ± 5 | 13.1 ± 5.1 | 13.6 ± 4.9 | 0.1291 |
| C-reactive protein [mg/L] (n = 380) | 150.9 ± 85.7 | 153.9 ± 86,2 | 144 ± 84.3 | 0.3088 |
| Procalcitonin [ng/dL] (n = 657) | 1 (0.3, 3.4) | 1 (0.3, 3.7) | 0.8 (0.3, 2.8) | 0.1571 |
| Respiratory Values | ||||
| SOFA respiratory subscore | 2.0 ± 0.8 | 2.0 ± 0.8 | 1.9 ± 0.8 | 0.0091 |
| Ventilated days | 11 ± 8 | 11 ± 8 | 11 ± 9 | 0.2803 |
| Patients with mechanical ventilation [%] | 94 | 94 | 93 | 0.4787 |
| Ventilation days/observation days [%] | 68 ± 32 | 69 ± 31 | 66 ± 32 | 0.2674 |
| Coagulation | ||||
| SOFA coagulation subscore | 0 (0, 0.5) | 0 (0, 0.5) | 0 (0, 0.5) | 0.2398 |
| Thrombocytes [1000/µL] | 292 ± 150 | 293 ± 154 | 290 ± 141 | 0.7498 |
| Liver Values | ||||
| SOFA hepatic subscore | 0 (0, 0.4) | 0 (0, 0.5) | 0 (0, 0.3) | 0.1423 |
| Bilirubin [mg/dL] | 0.6 (0.4, 1.1) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.2) | 0.5 (0.4, 0.9) | <0.001 |
| AST [IU/L] (n = 483) | 57 (35, 112) | 58 (35, 112) | 56 (32, 110) | 0.8264 |
| ALT [IU/L] (n = 713) | 46 (23, 92) | 47 (23, 88) | 43 (22, 100) | 0.3322 |
| Cardiovascular Values | ||||
| SOFA cardiovascular subscore | 1.6 ± 1 | 1.6 ± 1 | 1.7 ± 1.1 | 0.7080 |
| Vasopressor days | 4 (1, 8) | 4 (2, 8) | 4 (1, 8) | 0.9163 |
| Patients with vasopressor treatment [%] | 81 | 81 | 82 | 0.6856 |
| Vasopressor days/observation days [%] | 29 (11, 57) | 29 (11, 56) | 31 (11, 57) | 0.5938 |
| Central Nervous System | ||||
| SOFA central nervous system | 2.1 ± 1.1 | 2.1 ± 1.1 | 2.1 ± 1.1 | 0.9434 |
| Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) | 10 ± 3 | 10 ± 3 | 10 ± 3 | 0.9965 |
| Renal Values | ||||
| SOFA renal subscore | 0.2 (0, 1.2) | 0.3 (0, 1.4) | 0 (0, 0.8) | <0.001 |
| Creatinine [mg/dL] | 1.2 ± 0.9 | 1.4 ± 1 | 0.9 ± 0.6 | <0.001 |
| Urine output [mL/d] | 2904 ± 1341 | 2878 ± 1334 | 2954 ± 1357 | 0.3841 |
| Urine output [mL/kg/d] | 1.5 ± 0.8 | 1.4 ± 0.7 | 1.7 ± 0.9 | <0.001 |
| Dialysed days | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0.2947 |
| Patients with renal replacement therapy [%] | 22 | 24 | 19 | 0.1078 |
| Dialysis days/observation days [%] | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0.2348 |