Table 1. Characteristics of study population.

^aSD: standard deviation ^bIQR: inter quartile range ^cmSIRS: Simplified SIRS. ^dqSOFA: The quick Sequential Organ Failure on Admission

Characteristic	Infection	Non-infection
Total encounters (%)	1,844 (11.8)	13,733 (88.2)
Age mean (SDa)	43 (17.19)	43 (17.64)
Hospital LOS median (IQRb)	3 (3)	2 (2)
1 or more events	67 (3.63%)	514 (3.74%)
Death	20 (1.08%)	105 (0.76%)
Male (%)	1,165 (63.3)	5,191 (37.9)
mSIRSc
Mean (SDa)	0.66 (0.79)	0.37 (0.59)
Median (IQRb)	0 (1)	0 (1)
qSOFAd
Mean (SDa)	0.58 (0.69)	0.43 (0.57)
Median (IQRb)	0 (1)	0 (1)