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Characteristics of Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Characteristic	Critically Ill Patients With Sepsis (N = 113)
Age, y	50 ± 18
Male sex	53 (47)
BMI, kg/m2	31.7 ± 9.8
APACHE II score	18.2 ± 7.0
Shock requiring vasopressors	61 (54)
Mechanical ventilation	87 (77)
28-d mortality	24 (21.2)
ICU LOS, median (IQR), d	14.8 (7, 21)
Comorbid risk factors
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)	60 (53.1)
CHF	5 (4.4)
Active cancer	4 (3.5)
CVD	13 (11.5)

Data presented as No. (%) or mean ± SD unless otherwise specified. APACHE = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CHF = congestive heart failure; CVD = cardiovascular disease; IQR = interquartile range; LOS = length of stay.