Annals of Intensive Care

Table 2 Baseline characteristics

From: The effects of hypertonic fluid administration on the gene expression of inflammatory mediators in circulating leucocytes in patients with septic shock: a preliminary study

Variables	IT group (n = 12)	HT group (n = 12)	P value
Age (yr)	61 ± 13	56 ± 16	0.45
Men	6 (50%)	7 (58%)	0.68
APACHE II	23.5 ± 7.4	24.4 ± 6.7	0.75
SOFA	8.9 ± 2.5	9.8 ± 3.4	0.5
WBC (×10⁹/l)	10.7 [7.4-14.5]	14.9 [6.7-35.6]	0.3
PMN (×10⁹/l)	9.7 [6.4-12.9]	13.1 [9.9-28.3]	0.28
Source of sepsis
Abdominal (n = 10)	5	5
Pneumonia (n = 8)	5	3
Soft tissue (n = 3)	1	2
Other (n = 3)	1	2

APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; WBC, white blood cell count; PMN, polymorphonuclear leucocytes.
Data are presented as mean ± SD, as numbers (%) or as median [interquartile range].

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