Table 2 Characteristics of patients diagnosed as sepsis or septic shock before and after propensity score matching

Age, years

62.25 ± 13.2

67.08 ± 13.71

0.359

65.76 ± 12.25

66.18 ± 13.71

0.032

Female sex

287 (41.4)

150 (47.2)

0.117

131 (47.1)

128 (46)

0.022

BMI, kg/m²

22.35 ± 4.24

22.51 ± 3.81

0.040

22.57 ± 4.36

22.63 ± 3.82

0.015

Comorbidities

 Solid malignancy

347 (50)

107 (33.6)

0.336

101 (36.3)

107 (38.5)

0.045

 Diabetes mellitus

175 (25.2)

99 (31.1)

0.132

79 (28.4)

85 (30.6)

0.047

 Hematologic malignancy

154 (22.2)

24 (7.5)

0.421

31 (11.2)

23 (8.3)

0.097

 Cardiovascular disease

134 (19.3)

54 (17)

0.060

49 (17.6)

49 (17.6)

 < 0.001

 Chronic HBP disease

81 (11.7)

47 (14.8)

0.092

36 (12.9)

45 (16.2)

0.092

 Chronic kidney disease

45 (6.5)

37 (11.6)

0.180

30 (10.8)

31 (11.2)

0.012

 Chronic lung disease

40 (5.8)

30 (9.4)

0.139

21 (7.6)

21 (7.6)

 < 0.001

 Cerebrovascular disease

40 (5.8)

49 (15.4)

0.317

26 (9.4)

31 (11.2)

0.059

 Organ Transplantation

33 (4.8)

10 (3.1)

0.083

10 (3.6)

9 (3.2)

0.020

 Gastrointestinal disease

18 (2.6)

29 (9.1)

0.281

13 (4.7)

18 (6.5)

0.078

 Thyroid disease

15 (2.2)

13 (4.1)

0.111

8 (2.9)

10 (3.6)

0.041

MEWS

5.47 ± 2.3

5.05 ± 2.27

0.185

4.94 ± 2.14

5.09 ± 2.28

0.072

Department

0.295

0.049

 Medical

566 (81.6)

224 (70.4)

202 (72.7)

208 (74.8)

 Surgical

124 (17.9)

94 (29.6)

76 (27.3)

70 (25.2)

 Obstetrics

4 (0.6)

0 (0)

–

–

Location

0.054

 < 0.001

 General ward

693 (99.9)

318 (100)

278 (100)

278 (100)

 Others

1 (0.1)

0 (0)

–

–