Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of septic patients and healthy controls

Demographic characteristics

Female/male

2/2

3/2

Median age (years) (IQR)

72 (67–76)

75.6 (59–86)

Site of infection

Lung

/

2/5

Abdominal

/

1/5

Blood

/

/

Others

/

2/5

SOFA score, median (IQR)

5.8 ± 1.4

Laboratory Tests

/

CRP (mg/L), mean ± SEM

/

152.83 ± 19.69

WBC (10⁹/L), mean ± SEM

/

1.22 ± 11.63

PCT (ng/mL), median (IQR)

/

5.26 ± 10.06

PLT (10⁹/L), mean ± SEM

/

178.4 ± 35.83

Lactate (mg/L), mean ± SEM

/

0.29 ± 1.48

Immunologic parameter

/

Lymphocytes, × 10⁹/L

/

0.61 ± 0.09

Monocytes, × 10⁹/L

/

0.69 ± 0.13

Neutrophil, × 10⁹/L

/

10.28 ± 1.13

IgG, mg/dl

/

1009.8 ± 82.40

IgM, mg/dl

/

98.8 ± 9.93

Complications, N (%)

Acute respiratory failure

/

2 (40)

Acute cardiac dysfunction

/

3 (60)

Acute kidney injury

/

3 (60)

Acute hepatic insufficiency

/

1 (20)

28-day mortality, N (%)

/

2 (40)

Hospital mortality, N (%)

/

2 (40)