Table 4 Incidence of carrying the alleles -173 C and -794 CATT7 was associated with non-surviving severe sepsis in female and male patients, patients younger as 61 years old and patients with non-abdominal and non-pulmonary focus of sepsis.
From: A MIF haplotype is associated with the outcome of patients with severe sepsis: a case control study
Patients with severe sepsis sub groups | Sup group Mortality (%) | Association of allele carriage -173 C and -794 CATT7 and sub group status with fatal outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | p | RR | CI |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Female (n = 48) | 47.9 | 0.0135 | 2,182 | 1.251 to 3.805 |
   Male (n = 121) | 45.5 | 0.0267 | 1,635 | 1.126 to 2.373 |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   ≤ 60 y (n = 84) | 41.7 | 0.0007 | 2,400 | 1.541 to 3.737 |
   > 60 y (n = 85) | 50.6 | 0.635 | 1,159 | 0.7499 to 1.790 |
Focus of infection | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Pulmonal (n = 67) | 41.8 | 0,2312 | 1,514 | 0.8559 to 2.679 |
   Abdominal (n = 61) | 62.3 | 0,1734 | 1,337 | 0.9228 to 1.937 |
   Other/unknown (n = 41) | 29.3 | 0,0066 | 3,818 | 1.527 to 9.549 |