Differential expression of plasma cytokines in sepsis patients and their clinical implications

Table 1 Comparison of general clinical data between the sepsis and control groups upon admission

General clinical data	Sepsis group (T)	Control group (C)	T value	P value
Number of cases	10	10
Age (years)	83.10 ± 10.05	81.80 ± 9.39	0.334
Height (cm)	163 ± 7.2	165.7 ± 9.07	0.4703
Weight (kg)	60.4 ± 8.45	66.4 ± 12.5	0.2247
Systolic blood pressure (kPa)	15.95 ± 2.2	19.64 ± 2.23	0.0016	b
Diastolic pressure (kPa)	9.93 ± 1.44	10.55 ± 1.76	0.4046
White blood cell count (109/L)	15.1 ± 7.57	6.15 ± 1.44	0.0017	b
Neutrophil percentage (%)	88.11 ± 5.47	62.46 ± 5.99	< 0.0001	d
Platelet count (1012/L)	162.3 ± 88.28	208.1 ± 41.68	0.1552
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	100.94 ± 157.5	17.51 ± 7.77	0.1116	b
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)	24.08 ± 23.58	14.85 ± 7.23	0.2521
Creatinine (μmol/L)	130.44 ± 76.68	70.84 ± 13.26	0.0262	a
C-reactive protein (mg/L)	141 ± 63.09	1.54 ± 1.15	< 0.0001	d
Procalcitonin (ng/mL)	14.51 ± 16.96	0.04 ± 0.01	0.0147	a
D-dimer (ng/mL)	12.88 ± 27.55	0.55 ± 0.55	0.1742	a

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^dP < 0.0001.