Table 1

Characteristics of the patient population with severe community-acquired pneumonia

Survivors (n = 40)

Nonsurvivors (n = 13)

P value

Age (years)

59.4 ± 14.8

61.1 ± 12.1

0.220

Sex (male/female)

31/9

8/5

0.257

C-reactive protein day 0 (mg/dl)

23.6 ± 18.4

23.9 ± 11.6

0.591

Acute Physiology, Age, and Chronic Health Evaluation II score

17.8 ± 5.7

26.1 ± 6

<0.001

Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score day 0

6.5 ± 2.5

9.7 ± 2.9

0.002

Data presented as the mean ± standard deviation.

Coelho et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R92   doi:10.1186/cc6105