Table 3.

Baseline clinical and laboratory characteristics of septic patients.

	Survivor (n = 243)	Non-survivor (n = 46)	P value
Age (years)	67.64 ± 17.91	72.89 ± 13.38	0.024
Male (%)	152 (62.6 %)	28 (60.9 %)	0.829
PCT (ng/ml)	8.51 ± 27.77	21.25 ± 41.55	0.011
CD64	2.23 ± 1.80	2.53 ± 1.44	0.356
CRP (mg/L)	76.16 ± 60.00	93.43 ± 55.87	0.077
APACHE-II score	15.31 ± 7.00	31.80 ± 10.63	<0.001

PCT, procalcitonin; CD64, neutrophil CD64; CRP, C-reactive protein (CRP); APACHE II score, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score.