Table 2.

Descriptive data of measured general parameters.

Variables	Severe sepsis patients (Group 1) (N = 30)		Healthy volunteers (Group 2) (N = 40)		ICU patients not in severe sepsis (Group 3) (N = 30)
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Age (in years)	53	17	20	11	45.5	21
TLC	15065	8000	6905	1210	11300	8560
Platelet count	152000	181750	232500	279000	217000	105000

IQR: interquartile range; TLC: total leucocyte count; ICU: intensive care unit.