Table 1. Association of HULC expressions with the baseline clinical features of sepsis patients (n = 30).

Parameter	Case	HULC expression		P value*
		Low (n = 15)	High (n = 15)
Age (years)				0.7048
≤55	19	9	10
>55	11	6	5
Gender				0.2690
Male	17	10	7
Female	13	5	8
APACHE II score				0.0053†
≤17.15	9	8	1
>17.15	21	7	14
SOFA score				0.0253†
≤7.64	12	9	3
>7.64	18	6	12

APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment.

^*Chi-square test.

^†P < 0.05.