Fig 2. Mortality estimated by Kaplan-Meier according to the cluster assignment with log rank tests (performed in training set).
Definition of abbreviations: Each curve was compared one by one using a log rank test; Results of these tests are presented in a double entry matrix; each cluster can be identified by its color; Analysis was performed including all patients in sepsis or septic shock. Cluster 1 = young patients without any comorbidities, admitted in ICU for community-acquired pneumonia; Cluster 2 = young patients without any comorbidities, admitted in ICU for meningitis or encephalitis; Cluster 3 = elderly patients with COPD, admitted in ICU for bronchial infection with few organ failures; Cluster 4 = elderly patients with several comorbidities and organ failures; Cluster 5 = patients admitted after surgery with a nosocomial infection; Cluster 6 = young patients with immunosuppressive disease or therapy, such as AIDS, chronic steroid therapy or hematological malignancy.