Table 3.

Early Clinical Characteristics of Sepsis Admission.^a,b

Variable, n	Overall, 2796	Alive, 2513	Dead, 283	P Value
Initial vital signsc
SBP, (mm Hg)	122 (104;142);2700	124 (106;143);2435	106 (88;131);265	<.001d
HR, (beats/min)	102 (87;117);2685	102 (88;117);2409	106 (87;125);276	.017d
RR, (breaths/min)	218 (16;21);2791	18 (16;20);2510	20 (18;24);281	<.001d
Temperature, (°F)	98.8 (98.1;100.3);2793	99.9 (98.1;100.4);2512	98.1 (97.3;99.1);281	<.001d
Spo2 (%)	96 (5.5);2791	96 (4.9);2508	94 (8.9);283	<.001d
Lab findingsc
Initial WBCc, thous/mm3	13.9 (9.2;18.2);2795	13.8 (9.3;18.1);2512	14.2 (8.4;19.6);283	.880d
Lactatec, mmol/L	1.9 (1.3;3.1);1387	1.8 (1.3;2.8);1157	3.6 (2.1;7.4);230	<.001d
Lactate, mmol/L
≥ 4	231 (17)	122 (11)	109 (47)	<.001e
2 to 3.9	458 (33)	389 (34)	69 (30)
≥ 2	698 (50)	646 (55)	52 (23)
Creatinine, mg/dLc	1.1 (0.8;1.8);2796	1.1 (0.8;1.7);2513	1.7 (1.1;3.3);283	<.001e
Any positive culture	2279	1905	374
Blood	785 (34)	655 (34)	130 (35)	.004e
Respiratory	594 (27)	477 (25)	117 (31)
Urine	757 (33)	641 (34)	116 (31)
Wound	143 (6)	132 (7)	11 (3)

Abbreviations: SBP, systolic blood pressure, WBC = white blood cell count, HR = heart rate, RR = respiratory rate.

^aWilcoxon rank sum test.

^bQ3 = 3 rd quartile, n = group size.

^cFor median (Q1;Q3);n, Q1 — 1st quartile.

^dData are counts (percentages), unless otherwise specified.

^ePearson χ² test.