Table 1.

Patient and healthy volunteers’ characteristics.

	0-2 (n = 5)	5-7 (n = 5)	8-20 (n = 6)	>20 (n = 9)	HVs (n = 6) ∗∗
Age, years	60.75 ± 16.58	46.25 ± 8.95	57.71 ± 19.26	56.42 ± 12.89	37 ± 9.55
Sex, male, n (%)	3 (50)	3 (60)	4 (66.66)	9 (100)	3 (50)
Symptoms onset, days	6.67 ± 4.04	12.4 ± 2.97	23.3 ± 2.86	65.4 ± 8.17
q-SOFA, n (%)∗
0	2 (40)	2 (40)	2 (33.33)	0 (0)	-
1	2 (40)	2 (40)	3 (50)	2 (22.22)	-
2	1 (20)	1 (20)	1 (16.66)	6 (66.66)	-
3	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (11.11)	-

Data are mean ± SD, or number (%).

qSOFA: quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.

^∗At admission.

^∗∗Healthy volunteers.