Table 2.
Frequency of severe sepsis according to gender in the whole population and stratified by age
| All patients (n = 3,902) | Patients aged ≤ 50 years (n = 703) | Patients aged > 50 years (n = 3,199) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| N | 2,479 | 1,423 | 474 | 229 | 2,005 | 1,194 |
| On admission to the ICU | ||||||
| Severe sepsis and septic shock | 119 (4.8) | 51 (3.6)* | 17 (3.6) | 4 (1.7)* | 102 (5.1) | 47 (3.9)* |
| Septic shock | 72 (2.9) | 28 (2)* | 12 (2.5) | 0 (0.0)† | 60 (3) | 28 (2.3)* |
| Any time during the ICU stay | ||||||
| Severe sepsis and septic shock | 220 (8.9) | 85 (6)‡ | 47 (9.9) | 10 (4.4)† | 173 (8.6) | 75 (6.3)† |
| Septic shock | 103 (4.2) | 42 (3)* | 23 (4.9) | 2 (0.9)‡ | 80 (4) | 40 (3.4)* |
| Severe sepsis within 48 hours of admission | 99 (4) | 33 (2.3)‡ | 30 (6.3) | 6 (2.6)* | 69 (3.4) | 27 (2.3)* |
| ICU-acquired severe sepsis (> 48 hours) | 121 (4.9) | 52 (3.7)* | 17 (3.6) | 4 (1.7)* | 104 (5.2) | 48 (4)* |
*P = 0.1 to 0.05, †P = 0.05 to 0.01, ‡P < 0.01 compared with males.