Table 1. Demographics, severity of illness and key inflammatory biomarkers of the patients used in the study.

Group Name	n	Age (years)	SOFAscores	Surgical:Medical ratio	Time to sample(hours)	CRP (ng/ml)	PCT (ng/ml)	F:M ratio (♀%)	[Hb] mg/Lplasma
Severe SIRS	23	58.5 ± 17.0	7.56 ± 2.31	6:17	0.73(IQR: 0.22–2.3)	19.8 ± 32.7	1.73 ± 3.85	12:11 (52.2%)	155 ± 110
Severe Sepsis	21	67.7 ± 12.9	8.19 ± 2.68	21:0	0.88(IQR: 0.33–2.5)	156 ± 76.9	21.9 ± 28.7	13:8 (61.9%)	215 ± 145
Non-severe SIRS	21	61.0 ± 14.0	1.29 ± 0.96	18:3	0.67(IQR: 0.41–2.8)	20.6 ± 34.3	0.29 ± 0.34	12:9 (57.1%)	216 ± 159
Non-severe Sepsis	8	58.1 ± 23.3	1.13 ± 0.99	8:0	1.6(IQR: 0.40–4.2)	159 ± 69.5	5.77 ± 9.66	3:5 (37.5%)	115 ± 96.3
NO SIRS	16	64.9 ± 14.6	4.19 ± 3.41	15:1	0.70(IQR: 0.14–2.4)	19.2 ± 20.3	0.77 ± 1.00	11:5 (68.7%)	160 ± 133