TABLE 1.

Characteristics of septic patients and healthy donors. Septic patients were prospectively enrolled within 72 h of ICU admission

	Healthy (N = 46)	Septic (N = 59)	p- value
Male sex, n (%)	24 (52.2%)	30 (50.9%)	.9790
Age, years	41.6 ± 6.1	54.5 ± 2.3	.0002
Platelet count, K/μl	—	211.9 ± 10.6	-
White blood cell count, K/μl	—	14.7 ± 1.0	-
Mortality, n (%)	—	5 (8.5%)	-
Hemoglobin, mg/dl	—	10.9 ± 0.3	-
Hypotension requiring Vasopressors, n (%)	—	33 (55.9%)	-
Ventilated, n (%)	—	21 (35.6%)	-
APACHE II	—	17.5 ± 4.0*	-
SOFA	—	5.4 ± 0.9*	-

Abbreivations: APACHE, Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU, intensive care unit; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment.

^*APACHE II scores were missing for 1 septic patient and SOFA scores were missing for 3 septic patients. Data is expressed as the average ± the standard deviation, unless otherwise specified.