miR-10a in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Is a Biomarker for Sepsis and Has Anti-Inflammatory Function
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of sepsis patients.
Variable
Healthy controls ()
Infection ()
Sepsis ()
value
Age (years)
>0.05
Male/female
11/9
11/10
28/13
SOFA score
<0.01
APACHE II score
Death ()
0
17
Microbiology of patients ()
Gram-positive
6
7
Gram-negative
12
18
No organism cultured
3
14
Viral
0
2
Type of infection ()
Pneumonia
21
31
Severe cholangitis
0
2
Other
0
8
CRP (mg/l)
<0.05
PCT (mg/l)
<0.01
Data are presented as patient number or . APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Evaluation II; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: procalcitonin.
