Table 2.

Baseline patient characteristics

Variable	All patients n = 56	Group I N = 28	Group II n = 28	p-value*
Age (yrs)	55.6 ± 20.7	50.1 ± 20.8	61.1 ± 19.5	0.05
Gender
Male	29 (51.8%)	17	12	0.18
Female	27 (48.2%)	11	16
APACHE II score	20.6 ± 6.9	19 ± 7.6	22.1 ± 5.7	0.09
SOFA score	7.9 ± 3.7	7.9 ± 3.5	7.9 ± 3.9	0.97
Category
Medical	26 (46.4%)	15	11	0.28
Surgical	30 (53.6%)	13	17
Patient location
Hospital ward	42 (75%)	20	22	0.56
ICU/ED	14 (25%)	8	6
Infectious classification
Community-acquired	16 (28.6%)	11	5	0.08
Hospital-acquired	40 (71.4%)	17	23
Sepsis classification
Severe sepsis	20 (35.7%)	8	12	0.27
Septic shock	36 (64.3%)	20	16
Number of organs affected	2.6 ± 1.2	2.75 ± 1.2	2.5 ± 1.2	0.45
Mortality	57.1%	32.1%	82.1%	0.0001

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number (%);

^*Chi square and Student’s t tests (Group I vs. Group II); ICU, intensive care unit; ED, emergency department