Table 4 Baseline characteristics of patients suffering from septic shock

Age (years)

68 (58–78)

62 (47–73)

65 (56–77)

68 (54–83)

53 (44–61)

65 (53–76)

< 0.001

Male

52% (842)

47% (17)

53% (126)

44% (25)

46% (12)

54% (63)

0.76

BMI

27 (23–33)

24 (21–28)

27 (22–32)

26 (22–30)

30 (23–40)

27 (23–32)

0.004

SOFA

10 (7–12)

8 (7–12)

11 (8–13)

9 (7–12)

14 (8–16)

11 (8–13)

< 0.001

APACHE

88 (70–110)

85 (62–107)

97 (74–120)

88 (72–107)

100 (85–129)

93 (73–115)

0.002

Lactate on admission [mmol/L]

4.2 (2.9–7.2)

4.2 (2.5–7.5)

4.7 (3.1–8.7)

5.3 (3.4–7.8)

4.8 (3.4–8.1)

4.7 (3.2–7.3)

0.036

Lactate on admission > 2 mmol/L

100% (1,606)

100% (36)

100% (236)

100% (57)

100% (26)

100% (117)

Serum creatinine on admission [mg/dL]

2.0 (1.3–3.0)

1.5 (1.0–3.0)

2.5 (1.6–4.1)

1.8 (1.2–2.8)

2.3 (1.1–3.0)

2.2 (1.2–3.2)

< 0.001

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

10.4 (8.9–12.0)

11.0 (8.4–12.0)

9.6 (8.4–11.1)

9.8 (8.5–11.4)

9.8 (8.1–12.1)

10.1 (8.9–11.5)

< 0.001

Platelets × 1000

154.5 (95.0–234.0)

150.5 (110.0–190.0)

160.5 (99.5–234.5)

121.0 (65.0–213.0)

100.5 (50.0–180.0)

129.5 (71.0–206.0)

0.004

WBC × 1000

15.6 (9.4–22.6)

16.1 (8.8–24.5)

15.4 (8.4–23.0)

15.0 (7.0–24.2)

12.6 (4.2–21.3)

13.8 (6.0–23.0)

0.56

Primary focus

< 0.001

 GI

19% (305)

19% (7)

9% (22)

19% (11)

19% (5)

20% (23)

 Cutaneous/soft tissue

6% (103)

11% (4)

8% (19)

0% (0)

4% (1)

3% (4)

 Gynecologic

0% (4)

0% (0)

0% (1)

4% (2)

0% (0)

1% (1)

 Other

6% (102)

14% (5)

15% (36)

9% (5)

0% (0)

5% (6)

 Pulmonary

34% (551)

19% (7)

29% (69)

33% (19)

38% (10)

40% (47)

 Renal/UTI (including bladder)

21% (331)

19% (7)

20% (47)

19% (11)

27% (7)

16% (19)

 Unknown

13% (210)

17% (6)

18% (42)

16% (9)

12% (3)

15% (17)