Table 1.
Sepsis (N = 50) | SIRS (N = 50) | P value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Gender | M | 35 | 70% | 36 | 72% | 0.826a |
F | 15 | 30% | 14 | 28% | ||
Race | Caucasian | 37 | 74% | 44 | 88% | 0.130a |
Black | 11 | 22% | 6 | 12% | ||
Other | 2 | 4% | 0 | 0% | ||
Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | |||
Age | 42.4 | 2.8 | 46.2 | 3.0 | 0.350b | |
APACHE II score at study entry | 14.6 | 0.7 | 12.8 | 0.7 | 0.062b | |
N | % | N | % | |||
Outcome | ICU Survivors | 47 | 94% | 45 | 90% | 0.593a |
ICU Non-survivors | 2 | 4% | 2 | 4% | ||
Unknown | 1 | 2% | 3 | 6% | ||
Disposition | Discharged directly from ICU | 2 | 4% | 15 | 30% | 0.003a |
Transferred to hospital floor | 45 | 90% | 30 | 60% | ||
Died | 2 | 4% | 2 | 4% | ||
Unknown | 1 | 2% | 3 | 6% |
aBy Chi-Square test with Yates’ correction
bBy unpaired T-test