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Table 2 SIRS or no SIRS on arrival

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

Variable

Not SIRS (N = 211)

SIRS (N = 154)

P-value

 

N (%) or median (range)

N (%) or median (range)

 

Male sex

96 (46%)

77 (50%)

0.40

Age (years)

56 (15-92)

62 (15-96)

0.008

Comorbidity

69 (33%)

66 (43%)

0.047

   Malignancy

11 (5%)

15 (10%)

0.10

   Cardiovascular

10 (5%)

8 (5%)

0.84

   Pulmonary disease

9 (4%)

19 (12%)

0.004

Documented community-acquired infection

41 (19%)

66 (43%)

<0.001

Positive blood cultures

3 (1%)

8 (5%)

0.06

Mortality on day 28

3 (1%)

15 (10)

<0.001

  1. Basic characteristics and outcome among acute medical patients according to systemic inflammatory response (SIRS) on arrival