Table 1. Patients with and without sepsis according to the admission unit and outcomes.

Parameters	Without sepsis n=320	With sepsis n=146	p value
Age, year	37 (0-61)	47 (6.5-66.5)	0.0006
Male	183 (57)	90 (61)	0.4174
Admission ICU
Neonatal	73 (23)	23 (16)	0.0851
Pediatric	46 (15)	19 (13)	0.7739
Adult	107 (33)	62 (42)	0.0625
Adult stepdown	7 (2)	28 (19)	<0.0001*
Cardiac	87 (27)	14 (10)	<0.0001*
Outcome
Death, ICU	36 (11)	57 (39)	<0.0001*†
Neonatal	5 (7)	3 (13)	0.3926
Pediatric	2 (4.3)	3 (15.8)	0.1444
Adult	20 (18.7)	33 (53)	<0.0001*
Adult stepdown	2 (28.5)	14 (50)	0.4150
Cardiac	7 (8)	4 (28.6)	0.0439*
Length of stay in ICU, days	3 (1-6)	6.5 (3-17)	<0.0001*
Length of stay in the hospital, days	10 (4-20)	13 (7-32)	0.0003*

Results expressed as median (interquartile range) or %. * Statistically significant differences; ^† odds ratio=5 (95%CI: 3.1-8.1).

ICU: intensive care unit.