Clinical Study

The Predictive Prognostic Values of Serum TNF-α in Comparison to SOFA Score Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients

Table 2

Patient characteristics (mean and standard deviation).

Sepsis group
( )
SIRS group
( )

Age (years)62.8 ± 14.559.6 ± 12.6
Sex ratio (M/F)25/2027/18
Duration of ICU stay (day)15.5 ± 4.7*4.2 ± 1.9
Diagnosis
 Respiratory insufficiency1615
 Polytrauma1415
 Orthopedic surgery910
 Thoracic surgery65

Significant change ( ).