Table 1 Datasets included in the analysis

From: A community approach to mortality prediction in sepsis via gene expression analysis

Dataset accession

First author

Cohort description

Timing of sepsis diagnosis

Percent bacterial infection

Age

Sex (% male)

Severity

Country

No. survived

No. died

1a: Discovery Cohorts

E-MEXP-3567

Irwin

Children with meningococcal sepsis +/− HIV co-infection

Admission to ED

100

2.0 (IQR 0.6–6.9)

55

unk.

Malawi

6

6

E-MEXP-3850

Kwan

Children w/ meningococcal sepsis

Admission to hospital; sampled at multiple times 0–48 h

100

1.3 (range 0.8–2.0)

40

PELOD; 29.2 (range 11–61)

UK

19

5

E-MTAB-1548

Almansa

Adult surgical patients with sepsis (EXPRESS study)

Average post-operation day 4 (hospital acquired)

100

69.7 (std. dev. 13.1)

67

APACHE II 17.0 (std. dev. 5.4)

Spain

50

24

GSE10474

Howrylak

Adults in MICU with sepsis +/− ALI

Admission to ICU

75+

57 (std. dev. 4.3)

45

APACHE II 20.7 (std. dev. 1.6)

USA

22

11

GSE13015a

Pankla

Adults with sepsis, many from burkholderia

Within 48 h of diagnosis; both community-acquired and hospital-acquired

100

54.7 (std. dev. 11.7)

54

unk.

Thailand

35

13

GSE13015b

8

7

GSE27131

Berdal

Adults with severe H1N1 influenza requiring mechanical ventilation

Admission to ICU

0

unk.

unk.

SAPS II 29.3 (std. dev. 10.3)

Norway

5

2

GSE32707

Dolinay

Adults in MICU with sepsis+/− ARDS

Admission to ICU

unk.

57.1 (std. dev. 14.9)

53

APACHE II 26.7 (std. dev. 8.5)

USA

31

17

GSE40586

Lill

Infants, children, and adults with bacterial meningitis

Within 48 h of hospital admission

100

43.4 (range 17 days –70 years)

unk.

unk.

Estonia

19

2

GSE63042

Langley

Adults with sepsis (CAPSOD study)

Admission to ED

80+

59.1 (std. dev. 18.3)

59

APACHE II 16.5 (std. dev. 7.3)

USA

76

28

GSE66099

Wong

Children in ICU with sepsis/septic shock

Admission to ICU

72

3.7

58

PRISM 15.7

USA

171

28

GSE66890

Kangelaris

Adults in ICU with sepsis +/− ARDS

Admission to ICU

 

63 (std. dev 19)

56

APACHE III 100 (std. dev. 35)

USA

43

14

1b: Validation cohorts

GSE21802

Bermejo-Martin

Adults in ICU with severe H1N1 influenza

Within 48 h of admission to ICU

0

43 (std. dev. 11)

47

SOFA 4.1 (std. dev. 3.5)

Spain

7

4

GSE33341

Ahn

Adults with 2+ SIRS criteria and bacteremia

Within 24 h of admission to hospital

100

58 (range 24–91)

61

unk.

USA

49

2

GSE54514

Parnell

Adults in ICU with sepsis

Admission to ICU

unk.

61 (std. dev. 16)

40

APACHE II 21 (std. dev. 6)

Australia

26

9

GSE63990

Tsalik

Adults with bacterial infection plus 2 + SIRS criteria

Admission to ED

100

49 (range 14–88)

50

unk.

USA

64

6

E-MTAB-4421.51

Davenport

Adults with sepsis (GAinS study)

Day of hospital admission

92

64.2 (std. dev. 15.2

55

APACHE II 18.6 (std. dev. 9.7)

UK

15

7

1c: Hospital-acquired infection cohorts

Duke HAI

Tsalik (unpublished)

Adults who developed ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)

Hospital days 1–30

unk.

58.0 (std. dev. 17.9)

75

unk.

USA

60

10

Glue Grant Burns

Glue Grant authors

Adults with severe burns (whole blood)

Hospital days 1–30

100

14.1 (std. dev. 16.2)

64

Denver Score 1.5 (S 1.7)

USA

84

8

Glue Grant Trauma

Glue Grant authors

Adults with severe traumatic injuries (buffy coat)

Hospital days 1–30

100

33.2 (std. dev. 10.2)

74

MODS 6.4 (std. dev. 3.3)

USA

48

1

UF P50 12H

Moldawer (unpublished)

Adults with hospital-acquired sepsis

Hospital days 1–30

100

unk.

unk.

SOFA 5.5 (std. dev. 3.9)

USA

66

5

  1. Unk, unknown data or not available; IQR, inter-quartile range; std. dev., standard deviation; ED, emergency department; ICU, intensive care unit; MICU, medical ICU; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia