Prognostic predictors in patients with sepsis after gastrointestinal tumor surgery: A retrospective study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of sepsis patients

Baseline characteristic	n (%)
Age, median (Q1, Q3)	65 (59.71)
Sex
Male	145 (80.1)
Female	36 (19.9)
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2	23.5 (0.3)
Tumor type
Gastric cancer	91 (50.3)
Colorectal cancer	84 (46.4)
Other abdominal tumors	6 (3.3)
Coexisting condition1
Hypertension	64 (35.4)
Diabetes	32 (17.7)
Coronary heart disease	17 (9.4)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	11 (6.1)
Arrhythmia	9 (5.0)
Chronic renal insufficiency	2 (1.1)
Location of infection2
Abdominal infection	134 (74.0)
Enterogenous infection	12 (6.6)
Intrathoracic infection	17 (9.4)
Pulmonary infection	31 (17.1)
Skin and soft tissue infection	6 (3.3)
Surgical wound infection	4 (2.2)
Central line-associated bloodstream infection	3 (1.7)
Urinary tract infection	2 (1.1)
Length of first operation, median (Q1, Q3), min	195 (140, 246)

¹Twenty-seven patients had two or more chronic diseases.

²Thirty-one patients were infected in two or more locations.

Q1: Quartile 1; Q3: Quartile 3; BMI: Body mass index.