Table 1.

Clinical parameters of sepsis patients, whose blood was used in this study.

Parameter sepsis patientsa	Mean ± SEM (range)
Sex (female / male)	n = 5 / n = 15
Age (years)	66 ± 2 (41–80)
C-reactive protein (mg/dl)	19.9 ± 2.7 (0.9–34.0)
Leukocyte count (*109/l)	17.1 ± 1.7 (8.5–33.6)

^aParameters were considered within the normal range with CRP values ≤0.5 mg/dl and leukocyte counts between 4 and 10*10 [9]/l.