Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	Non-sepsis (n = 14)	Sepsis (n = 24)	P value
Age (y)	62.4 ± 8.8	63.9 ± 12.1	0.69
Female-n (%)	3 (21)	13 (54)	0.09
BMI (kg/m2)	27.9 ± 3.8	28.2 ± 5.6	0.86
Diabetes-n (%)	2 (14)	7 (29)	0.44
Albumin (g/L)	38.0 ± 3.9	26.8 ± 3.1	< 0.001
Albumin FSR (%/d)	16.2 ± 4.9	18.9 ± 7.8	0.25
Albumin ASR (mg/kg/d)	253.4 ± 89.8	244.3 ± 106.2	0.87
Fibrinogen (g/L)	2.1 ± 0.9	4.9 ± 1.9	< 0.001
Fibrinogen FSR (%/d)	32.4 ± 10.4	44.6 ± 24.5	0.04
Fibrinogen ASR (mg/kg/d)	28.6 ± 18.0	102.5 ± 65.4	< 0.001
Albumin ASR/fibrinogen ASR	12.4 ± 7.6	3.9 ± 5.1	< 0.001

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, n (%)

ASR, absolute synthesis rates; BMI, body mass index; FSR, fractional synthesis rates