Table 1.

Demographic, biochemical, and clinical evaluation of ICU patients.

Variable	Non-sepsis group N = 831	Sepsis group N=721	p-value2
Sex	Men = 51 (61.4%)	Men = 32 (44.4%)	0.051
	Women = 32 (38.6%)	Women = 40 (55.6%)
Age	52.1 ± 18.6	60.7 ± 18.8	0.003
	Q1 = 39.5 - Q3 = 68.0	Q1 = 50.7 - Q3 = 76.0
BMI	25.1 ± 3.9	24.4 ± 4.0	0.259
	Q1 = 22.1 - Q3 = 28.2	Q1 = 22.4 - Q3 = 27.0
Housing	Rural = 20 (24.1%)	Rural = 26 (36.1%)	0.174
	Urban = 61 (73.5%)	Urban = 46 (63.9%)
	NA = 2 (2.4%)
CRP3	11.5 ± 10.7	19.2 ± 14.5	< 0.001
	Q1 = 2.6 - Q3 = 17.9	Q1 = 7.7 - Q3 = 26.4
Glucose4	9.33 ± 4.72	10.11 ± 4.49	0.081
	Q1 = 6.72 - Q3 = 10.18	Q1 = 7.28 - Q3 = 11.72
SOFA	1.0 ± 0.0	7.6 ± 3.9	< 0.001
	Q1 = 1.0 - Q3 = 1.0	Q1 = 5.0 - Q3 = 9.2
APACHE	16.0 ± 8.7	20.5 ± 7.6	< 0.001
	Q1 = 11.0 - Q3 = 19.8	Q1 = 15.5 - Q3 = 25.0
ICU stay5	6.0 ± 8.7	10.0 ± 10.7	0.004
	Q1 = 4.0 - Q3 =12.0	Q1 = 6.0 - Q3 = 18.0
Medical complications	Yes = 68	Yes = 60	1.000
	No = 15	No = 12
ICU discharge	Alive = 62 (74.7%)	Alive = 53 (73.6%)	1.000
	Dead = 21 (25.3%)	Dead = 19 (26.4%)

1 For continuous variables, the mean ± standard deviation (sd) is shown, as well as the interquartile distribution.

2 p-values reported from different statistical tests according to the nature of data (categorical or continuous variables normally or non-normally distributed – see methods).

3 Values reported as mg/L.

4 Values reported as mmol/L.

5 Values reported as days.

NA = not available.