Table 1. Patient characteristics of 25 study participants.

Patient	ICU cohort	Age/ Gender	BI before ICU	Sepsis condition	Sepsis focus	APACHE-II/ Worst SOFA	Ventilation (days)
1	Sepsis	63/F	100	Shock	Abdomen	20/18	72
2	Sepsis	82/F	90	Shock	Urogenital	29/15	12
3	Sepsis	85/F	95	Severe Sepsis	Abdomen	14/16	0
4	Sepsis	73/M	100	Shock	Abdomen	42/15	20
5	Sepsis	57/M	100	Shock	Abdomen	27/11	2
6	Sepsis	55/M	100	Shock	Abdomen	12/6	0
7	Sepsis	80/F	95	Shock	Urogenital	24/12	2
8	Sepsis	64/M	100	Shock	Soft tissue	11/14	27
9	Sepsis	72/F	35	Shock	Urogenital	9/4	0
10	Sepsis	44/M	95	Shock	Abdomen	40/8	10
11	Sepsis	76/F	100	Shock	Pulmo	39/12	16
12	Sepsis	74/F	90	Shock	Pulmo	23/13	9
13	Sepsis	72/F	100	Shock	Urogenital	38/10	0
14	Sepsis	75/M	100	Severe Sepsis	Urogenital	37/10	2
15	Sepsis	79/F	100	Shock	Soft tissue	22/6	1
16	Sepsis	32/M	100	Shock	Abdomen	19/9	4
17	Sepsis	54/F	100	Shock	Soft tissue	48/11	8
18	Sepsis	55/F	75	Shock	Soft tissue	39/14	6
19	Sepsis	60/F	70	Shock	Soft tissue	23/12	12
20	Sepsis	81/M	100	Shock	Urogenital	38/12	20
21	Control	74/M	100	None	n.a.	23/3	1
22	Control	63/M	100	None	n.a.	9/5	0
23	Control	18/F	100	None	n.a.	14/5	1
24	Control	74/M	100	SIRS	n.a.	17/5	0
25	Control	77/F	100	SIRS	n.a.	22/7	1

APACHE-II Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation score, BI Barthel index (activities of daily living), F Female, ICU Intensive care unit, M Male, n.a. Not applicable, SIRS Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, SOFA Sepsis-related organ failure assessment score.