Table 1.

Characteristics at ICU admission and comorbidities.

Characteristics at ICU admission and comorbidities	n = 128
Age, years	65 ± 14
APACHE III score	83 ± 30
SOFA score	8 ± 4
CRP (mg/dL)	208 ± 129
Males/females, n (%)	83/45 (65/35)
Medical/surgical patients, n (%)	106/22 (83/17)
Bronchopneumonia, n (%)	93 (73)
Peritonitis, n (%)	22 (17)
Gram negative/positive, n (%)	65/42 (51/49)
Active smoking, n (%)	33 (26)
Obesity (BMI > 30), n (%)	28 (22)
Arterial hypertension, n (%)	53 (42)
Diabetes, n (%)	24 (19)
Alcohol abuse, n (%)	19 (15)
History of brain disorder, n (%)	29 (23)
History of Sepsis, n (%)	20 (16)

The continuous variables were represented as mean values ± standard deviation.