Table 1.

Demographic data for volunteers and patients. Data are presented as means (95% CI) or medians (interquartile range)* as appropriate.

	Volunteers (Group 1 & 2 combined; n = 17)	Patients (Group 3; n = 8)
Age (years)	29 (26,32)	31 (20,42)
Weight (kg)	50 (48,53)	52 (48,56)
Haematocrit (%)	43 (41,45)	39 (36,43)
Glucose (mmol l−1)	4.5 (3.8,5.0)§	7.1 (6.3,8.0)§
Creatinine (µmol l−1)	100 (82 127)§	84 (65 103)§
Bilirubin (µmol l−1)	9.2 (7.1, 11.3)*	13.9 (11.4,30.3)*
PCT50 (h)	–	2.3 (0.9,8.1)*
FCT (h)	–	28 (18,42)*

^§P < 0.05.