Table 1. Demographic data of the study subjects.

Healthy control patients
Number	20
Age in years [range]	8.8 [2–16]
Males (%)	12 (60)
Critically ill non-septic patients
Number	10
Age in years [range]	6.50 [2–12]
Males (%)	4 (44)
Sepsis/SIRS patients
Number	28
Age in years [range]	4.0 [0.12–20]
Males (%)	15 (53.6)
Primary infection found (%)	20 (71.4)
Bacterial (%)	13 (45)
Viral (%)	6 (19.3)
Fungal (%)	2 (6.4)
History of chronic illness (%)	20 (71.4)
Mortality (%)	2 (7.1)
CRP (range)	3.5 [0.04–35.80]
PRISM	9.5 [1–32]
Septic shock (%)	20 (71.4)
Multiple organ failure (%)	21 (75)

Median [range] presented for age, CRP, and PRISM.

CRP indicates C-reactive protein; PRISM, pediatric risk of mortality index; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome.