Assessment of Diagnostic and Prognostic Role of Copeptin in the Clinical Setting of Sepsis

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population.

	Controls ()	Sepsis ()	Severe sepsis ()	Septic shock
	SIRS (); GI bleeding ()
Females ()	28	11	16	11
Males ()	13	13	9	4
Age (years)	53.4 (18–92)	67.1 (20–85)	68.8 (50–83)	77.5 (66–93)
SAPSS II	31 (15–54)	28 (13–52)	35 (20–50)	46 (35–60)
SOFA	3 (0–6)	2 (0–7)	3 (0–7)	9 (5–12)
Blatchford	13 (9–18)

Values are expressed as mean and range. SIRS: systemic inflammatory response syndrome; GI bleeding: gastrointestinal bleeding; SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA score: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score.