Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of the patients with documented infection

	Survivors (n = 127)	Nonsurvivors (n = 29)	p values
Age, yrs	54 ± 18	62 ± 12	p = NS
Sex (M/F)	69/39	14/14	p = NS
APACHE II	13.7 ± 4.9	20.3 ± 10.0	p < 0.001
SAPS II	26.2 ± 8.8	41.3 ± 17.2	p < 0.001
TISS-28	24.1 ± 3.6	29.1 ± 7.1	p < 0.001
SOFA	3.0 ± 1.7	5.7 ± 4.7	p < 0.001
CRP (mg/dL)	8.4 ± 8.2	10.3 ± 9.6	p = NS

Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation