Research Article

Circulating MicroRNA-223 Serum Levels Do Not Predict Sepsis or Survival in Patients with Critical Illness

Table 2

Disease etiology of the study population.

SepsisNonsepsis
= 137 = 84

Sepsis critical illness ( (%))
  Source of infection
  Pulmonary74 (54.0%)
  Abdominal28 (20.4%)
  Urogenital3 (2.2%)
  Other32 (23.4%)
Nonsepsis critical illness ( (%))
 Cardiopulmonary disease30 (35.7%)
 Decompensated liver cirrhosis12 (14.3%)
 Nonsepsis other42 (50.0%)