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Notch Signaling Pathway Was Involved in Regulating Programmed Cell Death 1 Expression during Sepsis-Induced Immunosuppression

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of the patients with early stage of septic shock.

ParametersPatients with sepsis
()

Females, number (%)24 (42.86)
Males, number (percentage)32 (57.14)
Age, median (IQR), year59 (54, 63)
APACHE IIa at inclusion, median (IQR)16 (14, 23)
WBC, median (IQR), cells/uL 13.84 (11.72, 16.03)
Infection, number (percentage)
 Microbiologically documented
  Bacilli Gram-negative29 (51.79)
  Cocci Gram-positive22 (39.3)
  Fungi5 (8.93)
 Site of infection
  Lungs28 (50)
  Abdomen20 (35.71)
  Others8 (14.29)
Mortality, number (percentage) 25 (44.64)

Data presented as number of cases and percentage for classification variables or as median and interquartile range (IQR) for continuous variables.
aAPACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.