Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the ICU patients

From: U6 is unsuitable for normalization of serum miRNA levels in patients with sepsis or liver fibrosis

Parameter

All patients

Number

203

Sex (male/female)

126/77

Age median (range) (years)

63 (18–89)

APACHE-II score median (range)

17 (2–40)

ICU days median (range)

7 (1–83)

Death during ICU (%)

21.6%

Death during ICU or follow-up (%)

41.9%

Ventilation time median (range) (h)

139 (0–1363)

Pre-existing diabetes, n (%)

78 (38.4%)

Body mass index

26.1 (16.6–86.5)

WBC median (range) ( × 103 per μl)

12.5 (0.1–67.4)

D-Dimers

2167 (0–9000)

CRP median (range) (mg dl−1)

94 (<5–230)

Procalcitonin median (range) (μg l−1)

0.7 (0–180.6)

Interleukin-6 median (range) (pg ml−1)

100 (0–83 000)

TNF (range) (pg ml−1)

49 (4.9–140)

  1. Abbreviations: APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CRP, C-reactive protein; ICU, intensive care unit; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; WBC, white blood cell count.
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