Table 2.

Clinical data for survivors and nonsurvivors based on a 28-day survival.

	Survivors (n = 23)	Nonsurvivors (n = 12)	P value
Age (years)	53.6 ± 17.1	50.1 ± 15.3	0.242
SOFA score	6.1 ± 2.3	10.4 ± 3.5	<0.001
APACHE II score	13.1 ± 5.5	19.7 ± 7.8	<0.001
WBC (×109/L)	13.57 ± 6.63	16.57 ± 1.36	0.158
PCT (ng/mL)	3.2 ± 2.64	7.8 ± 2.93	<0.001
Lac (mmol/L)	2.58 ± 1.01	4.01 ± 1.90	<0.001
CRP (μg/L)	12.33 ± 4.67	20.68 ± 5.94	<0.001