Research Article

Prediction of 90-Day Mortality among Sepsis Patients Based on a Nomogram Integrating Diverse Clinical Indices

Table 1

Patient characteristics upon admission to the intensive care unit.

CharacteristicTraining cohortValidation cohort
Survivors ()Died at 90 days () valueSurvivors ()Died at 90 days () value

Men69 (61.6)30 (61.2)0.96329 (63.0)15 (62.5)0.964
77 (68.8)41 (83.7)0.05530 (65.2)22 (91.7)0.016
Comorbidity
 Diabetes17 (15.2)10 (20.4)0.41417 (37.0)9 (37.5)0.964
 Hypertension42 (37.5)26 (53.1)0.06621 (45.7)12 (50.0)0.729
 COPD6 (5.4)6 (12.2)0.1268 (17.4)6 (25.0)0.450
 CKD10 (8.9)6 (12.2)0.5182 (4.3)3 (12.5)0.209
Source of infection
 Pulmonary71 (63.4)33 (67.3)0.62927 (58.7)19 (71.2)0.087
 Urinary tract8 (7.1)1 (2.0)0.1955 (10.9)0 (0)0.094
 Abdominal27 (24.1)14 (28.6)0.55013 (28.3)3 (12.5)0.136
 Skin6 (5.4)2 (4.1)0.7322 (4.3)1 (4.2)0.972
48 (42.9)32 (65.3)0.01017 (37.0)17 (70.8)0.007
TAT (ng/mL)8.2 (4.6-18.0)17.2 (5.7-46.8)0.0028.7 (5.6-17.0)13.4 (6.2-30.9)0.162
PIC (μg/mL)1.16 (0.62-2.16)1.04 (0.57-2.28)0.7421.10 (0.75-1.48)1.43 (0.69-2.83)0.421
t-PAIC (ng/mL)12.2 (7.6-24.1)21.7 (11.3-41.7)0.00314.2 (9.4-23.9)21.3 (13.8-47.1)0.020
PT (s)14.2 (12.7-16.2)16.4 (14.0-21.4)0.00013.7 (13-15.3)15 (13.6-19.6)0.008
INR1.2 (1.1-1.3)1.4 (1.2-1.8)0.0001.14 (1.08-1.27)1.25 (1.13-1.60)0.008
APTT (s)31.6 (26.6-38.4)37.4 (32.0-47.7)0.00031.4 (26.7-40.5)33.9 (29.2-48.7)0.087
FIB (g/L)0.1430.308
TT (s)15.8 (14.5-17.3)17.2 (14.8-18.7)0.00315.5 (14.0-17.4)16.8 (14.9-19.4)0.070
FDP (μg/L)8.69 (3.67-18.92)14.45 (4.53-38.00)0.0307.56 (4.51-13.12)11.37 (6.99-27.95)0.033
D-dimer (μg/L)2.59 (1.03-5.97)4.91 (1.65-11.00)0.0162.19 (0.87-4.53)3.19 (2.54-7.76)0.015
Platelets (×109/L)138 ± 940.010182 ± 108209 ± 1280.358
Hemoglobin (g/L)0.0380.525
ALT (U/L)31.9 (12.9-73.5)21.5 (13.3-116.8)0.59727.3 (13.3-58.7)29.6 (11.1-64.2)0.921
AST (U/L)43.0 (23.3-84.3)42.1 (26.4-131.2)0.48333.2 (19.8-72.5)30.3 (19.1-76.7)0.843
TBil (μmol/L)13.5 (7.9-22.5)13.9 (7.4-32.5)0.51414.5 (6.8-23.4)17.6 (10.9-28.1)0.192
Cr (μmol/mL)92.6 (62.3-163.8)136 (76.5-241.4)0.01770.3 (54.5-132.5)113.4 (78.3-150.0)0.056
RBG (mmol/L)7.3 (6.2-9.3)6.8 (5.5-9.1)0.1427.6 (6.7-9.6)8.8 (7.1-10.5)0.239
Body temp (°C)36.7 (36.5-37.5)36.6 (36.3-37.3)0.35036.7 (36.2-37.3)36.4 (36.0-36.8)0.176
Heart rate (min-1)0.0130.179
MAP (mmHg)0.5470.352
SOFA score7 (5-10)9 (7-15)0.0007 (5-10)9 (6-13)0.065
APACHE II score0.0080.004
PH7.41 (7.35-7.45)7.38 (7.29-7.50)0.1337.42 (7.34-7.49)7.29 (7.19-7.43)0.006
PaCO2 (mmHg)36 (31-42)34 (29-40)0.14934 (28-41)39 (32-46)0.040
PaO2 (mmHg)110 (81-157)93 (64-140)0.017112 (80-167)97.1 (64-152)0.366
Lac (mmol/L)1.7 (1-3.2)3.2 (1.5-6.6)0.0002.0 (1.2-3.3)3.8 (1.8-9.5)0.010

Values are (%), , or median (interquartile range). Abbreviations: COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CKD: chronic kidney disease; TM: thrombomodulin; TAT: thrombin-antithrombin complex; PIC: α2-plasmininhibitor-plasmin complex; tPAIC: tissue plasminogen activator-inhibitor complex; PLT: platelet; HB: hemoglobin; PT: prothrombin time; APTT: activated partial thrombin time; FIB: fibrinogen; INR: international normalized ratio; TT: thrombin time; FDP: fibrinogen degradation product; ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate transaminase; TBil: total bilirubin; MAP: mean arterial pressure; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; pH: potential of hydrogen; PaO2: arterial partial oxygen pressure; PaCO2: arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide; Lac: lactate; RBG: random blood glucose.