Table 1. Patient Characteristics.

From: Current Clinical Practice of Laboratory Testing of the Hemostasis and Coagulation System in Patients with Sepsis: A Nationwide Observational Study in Japan

Characteristic Overall sepsis patients (n = 153,474)
Age, year, mean (SD) 76.0 (13.4)
Male sex, n (%) 86,888 (56.6)
Body mass index, kg/m2, n (%)
 <18.5 32,758 (21.3)
 18.5-24.9 77,519 (50.5)
 25.0-29.9 21,217 (13.8)
 ≥30.0 6,045 (3.9)
 Missing 15,935 (10.4)
Charlson comorbidity index, mean (SD) 1.5 (1.7)
Total SOFA score, mean (SD) 6.8 (3.9)
Organ dysfunction, n (%)
 Respiration 61,809 (40.3)
 Coagulation 54,460 (35.5)
 Liver 27,938 (18.2)
 Cardiovascular 49,789 (32.4)
 CNS 58,467 (38.1)
 Renal 50,350 (32.8)
Source of infection, n (%)
 Lung 32,733 (21.3)
 Abdomen 29,682 (19.3)
 Urinary tract 30,678 (20.0)
 CNS 1,275 (0.8)
 Skin/soft tissue 4,732 (3.1)
 Cardiovascular 4,314 (2.8)
 Other 61,432 (40.0)
Arrived via EMS, n (%) 91,769 (59.8)
Admission site, n (%)
 General ward 89,800 (58.5)
 HDU 30,672 (20.0)
 ICU 33,002 (21.5)
Surgery with general anesthesia, n (%) 17,047 (11.1)
Hospital category, n (%)
 Teaching 145,746 (95.0)
 Tertiary 70,867 (46.2)
Annual hospital volume, patients/year, mean (SD) 326.7 (261.7)
In-hospital mortality, n (%) 46,035 (30.0)
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