TABLE 1.
Patient demographics of University of South Alabama ICU patients
| Characteristic | Healthy controls | ICU-non-sepsis# | ICU-sepsis |
| Patients, n | 176 | 36 | 77 |
| Age years, mean (range) | 38 (22–76) | 55.7 (21–82) | 58.9 (20–91) |
| Male sex, n (%) | 55 (31.3) | 16 (44.4) | 44 (57.1) |
| Female sex, n (%) | 121 (68.7) | 20 (55.6) | 35 (45.5) |
| Race, n (%) | |||
| White | 137 (77.8) | 19 (52.8) | 35 (45.5) |
| Black | 33 (18.8) | 17 (47.2) | 42 (54.5) |
| Intubated, n (%) | N/A | 7 (19.4) | 32¶ (41.6) |
| Vasopressor, n (%) | N/A | 3+ (8.6) | 21 (27.3) |
| SOFA score, mean | N/A | 2.74 | 5.47 |
| Days in hospital, mean | N/A | 9.03 | 16.55 |
| Days in ICU, mean | N/A | 3.15 | 6.13 |
| GCS, mean | N/A | 12.91 | 10.42 |
| Mortality in ICU, n (%) | N/A | 1 (2.78) | 18 (23.4) |
SOFA: Sequential (Sepsis-Related) Organ Failure Assessment; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; ICU: intensive care unit; N/A: not applicable. #: stroke and seizure/encephalophagy accounted for 50% and 20% of ICU-non-sepsis patients, respectively; ¶: intubation status of two sepsis patients are unknown; +: vasopressor status of one ICU non-sepsis patient is unknown.