Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of enrolled patients
| Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Female | 1039 (43.44%) |
| Male | 1353 (56.56%) |
| Severity of diseases | |
| Requiring ICU support | 1680 (70.23%) |
| Non‐requiring ICU support | 712 (29.77%) |
| Infectious diseases | |
| Types of diseases | |
| Sepsis | 863 (36.08%) |
| Severe pneumonia | 681 (28.47%) |
| Purulent meningitis | 96 (4.01%) |
| Chronic diarrhoea | 82 (3.43%) |
| Other infectious disease | 51 (2.13%) |
| Pathogens | |
| Bacteria | 1035 (58.38%) |
| Fungal | 12 (0.68%) |
| Virus | 303 (17.09%) |
| Others | 15 (0.85%) |
| Unclear | 408 (23.01%) |
| Abnormal WBC without infection | 535 (22.37%) |
| Thrombocytopenia | 84 (3.51%) |
ICU, intensive care unit; WBC, white blood cell.