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. 2012 Jun 15;7(6):e38885. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038885

Table 2. Clinical characteristics of the sepsis patients used for Solexa sequencing.

Variables Survivors(n = 9) Non-survivors(n = 9) p-value
Male/female 6/3 7/2 0.599A
Ages (years) 62.3±20.8 60.9±21.5 0.887B
Type
Sepsis 3 3 -
Severe sepsis 3 3 -
Septic shock 3 3 -
SOFA scores 6.0±3.7 9.6±3.6 0.057B
APACHE II 14.5±6.5 20.9±6.0 0.060B
CRP (mg/dl) 13.8 (6.1, 20.6) 14.15 (0.5, 22.2) 0.116B
PCT (ng/ml) 4.87(0.37,10.36) 10.18(0.45,32.76) 0.404B
WBC (×109/L) 11.84(3.01,23.29) 10.08(7.62,29.6) 0.559B

A: Chi Square tests; B: Mann-Whitney U tests.