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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by qSOFA and SIRS status

From: Poor performance of quick-SOFA (qSOFA) score in predicting severe sepsis and mortality – a prospective study of patients admitted with infection to the emergency department

Variable

Total population

n (% of Total population)

SIRS ≥2

qSOFA ≥ 2

n = 662

n = 59

n (% missing)

n (% of category)

n (% of category)

Male sex

1535 (0%)

813 (53.0)

348 (52.6)

28 (47.5)

Age category

1535 (0%)

   

  < 70

 

994 (64.7)

422 (63.7)

28 (47.5)

 70-79

 

187 (12.2)

90 (13.6)

13 (22.0)

  ≥ 80

 

354 (23.1)

150 (22.7)

18 (30.5)

Triage code

1535 (0%)

   

 Green

 

146 (9.5)

25 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

 Yellow

 

671 (43.7)

177 (26.7)

7 (11.9)

 Orange

 

609 (39.7)

368 (55.6)

34 (57.6)

 Red

 

109 (7.1)

92 (13.9)

18 (30.5)

Glasgow Coma Scale <15

1492 (2.8)

54 (3.6)

26 (4.1)

29 (49.2)

  

Median (IQR)a

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Age (years)

1535 (0.0)

62 (41-78)

61 (41-77)

66 (41-81)

Respiratory Rate (min-1)

1500 (2.2)

20 (16-24)

24 (20-26)

24 (2-28)

Heart rate (min-1)

1518 (1.1)

87 (76-100)

100 89-110)

94 (80-108)

Temperature (°C)

1518 (1.1)

37.2 (36.2-38.0)

38.0 (37.1-38.6)

37.4 (36.8

Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

1522 (0.8)

132 (118-147)

130 (116-144)

116 (97-135)

Creatinine (mmol/L)

1491 (2.8)

74 (59-94)

75 61-98)

76 (61-100)

Saturation (SpO2 %)

1492 (2.8)

97 (95-99)

97 (95-99)

96 (94-99)

  1. a IQR Interquartile range (25-75% percentile)