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Table 1 Basic characteristics - all patients

From: The Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in acutely hospitalised medical patients: a cohort study

 

Patients with known SIRS status

(N = 365)

Unknown SIRS

(N = 72)

P-value

Characteristic

N (%) or median (range)

N (%) or median (range)

 

Male sex

173 (47%)

40 (56%)

0.21

Age (years)

60 (15-96)

50 (15-88)

0.004

Comorbidity

135 (37%)

26 (36%)

0.89

   Malignancy

26 (7%)

5 (7%)

0.96

   Cardiovascular

18 (5%)

1 (1%)

0.18

   Pulmonary disease

28 (8%)

3 (4%)

0.29

  1. Basic characteristics among acute medical patients with and without known systemic inflammatory (SIRS) status.