Visfatin Serum Levels Predict Mortality in Critically Ill Patients

Table 2

Disease etiology of the study population leading to ICU admission.

	Sepsis	Nonsepsis
	142	87
Etiology of sepsis critical illness
Site of infection (%)
Pulmonary	82 (58%)
Abdominal	26 (18%)
Urogenital	4 (3%)
Other	30 (21%)
Etiology of nonsepsis critical illness (%)
Cardiopulmonary disorder		29 (33%)
Acute pancreatitis		11 (13%)
Acute liver failure		4 (5%)
Decompensated liver cirrhosis		15 (17%)
Severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage		6 (7%)
Nonsepsis other		22 (25%)