Redox Responses in Patients with Sepsis: High Correlation of Thioredoxin-1 and Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Plasma Levels

Table 1

Baseline data of 15 patients in the septic group, 28 patients in the postoperative group, and 18 individuals in the volunteer group.

Septic group
Demographic data
Age, y	61.0 $\pm$ 13.7
Male sex	9 (60.0%)
Primary site of infection / septic focus
Lung	3 (20.0%)
Gastrointestinal tract	6 (40.0%)
Genitourinary tract	1 (6.7%)
Surgical site	3 (20.0%)
Other	2 (13.3%)
Outcome
Survivor	8 (53.3%)
Postoperative group
Demographic data
Age, y	62.3 $\pm$ 14.2
Male sex	15 (53.6%)
Primary site of surgery
Pancreas	13 (46.4%)
Colon	5 (17.9%)
Liver	2 (7.1%)
Genitourinary	3 (10.7%)
Other abdominal	5 (17.9%)
Volunteer group
Demographic data
Age	34.5 $\pm$ 8.6
Male sex	10 (55.6%)

Data are presented by number (%), except for age (mean $\pm$ standard deviation).