Table 1. Baseline Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of Participants According to Gender.
Values are either in mean +/- SD or n(%) or median (IQR) or n(%) for categorical variable
*Median (IQR) for not symmetrically distributed quantitative variables
**Mean ± SD for quantitative variable
bpm: beats per minute; CNS: central nervous system; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; IQR: interquartile range; MAP: mean arterial pressure; SD: standard deviation; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; UTI: urinary tract infection
| Characteristics | Total (n = 168) n(%) | Male (n = 98) n(%) | Female (n = 70) n(%) | P-value |
| Age* | 66 (18) | 68.40 (19.5) | 64.0 (18.01) | 0.12 |
| Heart rate (bpm)** | 98.20 ± 1.64 | 98.15 (2.3) | 97.81 (2.3) | 0.83 |
| Blood pressure | ||||
| Systolic | 118 (31) | 115.0 (29) | 119 (38) | 0.13 |
| Diastolic | 70 (20) | 70.0 (26.5) | 70 (20) | 0.08 |
| MAP * | 80 (25.50) | 78.0 (23.50) | 84.0 (27) | 0.08 |
| Respiratory Rate* | 24 (9.0) | 24 (8.5) | 24 (10) | 1.00 |
| Temperature* | 37.0 (1.0) | 37.0 (1.0) | 37.0 (1.0) | 0.73 |
| GCS* | 15 (2) | 15 (2) | 15 (1) | 0.77 |
| SOFA score | 6.0 (4.0) | 6.0 (4.5) | 5.0 (4.0) | 0.58 |
| Sepsis source | ||||
| Pneumonia | 74 (44.0) | 42 (56.8) | 32 (43.2) | 0.74 |
| UTI | 44 (26.2) | 23 (52.3) | 21 (47.7) | 0.63 |
| Intraabdominal source | 9 (5.4) | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | 0.99 |
| CNS infection | 8 (4.8) | 4 (50) | 4 (50) | 0.75 |
| Soft tissue/Skin | 32 (19.0) | 19 (59.4) | 13 (40.6) | 0.61 |