Nomogram for predicting the prognosis of tumor patients with sepsis after gastrointestinal surgery

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with sepsis

Baseline characteristics	Number (%)
Age, median (Q1, Q3)	66 (59,73)
Sex
Male	235 (77.6)
Female	68 (22.4)
BMI, Mean (SD), kg/m2	23.7 (4.0)
Tumor type
Gastric cancer	138 (45.5)
Colorectal cancer	148 (48.8)
Other abdominal tumors	17 (5.6)
Coexisting disease1
Hypertension	106 (35.0)
Diabetes	55 (18.2)
Coronary heart disease	32 (10.6)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	15 (5.0)
Arrhythmia	22 (7.3)
Chronic renal insufficiency	4 (1.3)
Location of infection2
Abdominal infection	229 (75.6)
Pneumonia	58 (19.1)
Intrathoracic infection	19 (6.3)
Enterogenous infection	16 (5.3)
Surgical wound infection	7 (2.3)
Skin and soft tissue infection	6 (2.0)
Central line-associated bloodstream infection	4 (1.3)
Urinary tract infection	4 (1.3)
Biliary infection	2 (0.7)
First surgery
Laparoscopic	76 (25.1)
Open	227 (74.9)

¹47 patients had more than one chronic disease.

²38 patients were infected with more than one site.

BMI: Body mass index.