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Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the patients

		Sepsis (N = 50)		SIRS (N = 50)		P value
		N	%	N	%	P value
Gender	M	35	70%	36	72%	0.826^a
Gender	F	15	30%	14	28%	0.826^a
Race	Caucasian	37	74%	44	88%	0.130^a
	Black	11	22%	6	12%
	Other	2	4%	0	0%
		Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
Age		42.4	2.8	46.2	3.0	0.350^b
APACHE II score at study entry		14.6	0.7	12.8	0.7	0.062^b
		N	%	N	%
Outcome	ICU Survivors	47	94%	45	90%	0.593^a
	ICU Non-survivors	2	4%	2	4%
	Unknown	1	2%	3	6%
Disposition	Discharged directly from ICU	2	4%	15	30%	0.003^a
	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