Table 1 Characteristics of Patients with or without septic shock on the enrollment day

Age (years)

66.5 [60.3–75.5]]

64 [49–70]

68 [61–78]

0.055

White blood cell (/mm³)

13,600 [10,375–18,000]

13,600 [9900–25600]

13,600 [10400–16600]

0.788

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

10.45 [4.26–23.06]

11.47 [6.41–25.63]

10.2 [4.21–22.37]

0.406

Presepsin (pg/mL)

483 [277–1130]

1380 [924–5219]

399 [254–707]

 < 0.001

Procalcitonin (ng/mL)

0.87 [0.20–17.1]

25.06 [0.42–103.73]

0.66 [0.14–2.06]

0.056

Aspartate transaminase (U/L)

24.5 [19.8–35.3]

44 [24–133]

24 [18–29]

0.003

Alanine transaminase (U/L)

17 [11.8–30.0]

19 [15–52]

17 [11–24]

0.049

γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (U/L)

31 [21.0–53.3]

70 [43–74]

26 [20–43]

0.002

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.24 [0.87–1.99]

1.85 [1.19–3.86]

1.05 [0.85–1.84]

0.020

sex (male/female)

33/17

8/3

25/14

0.440

placement of urinary catheter (Y/N)

24/26

6/5

18/21

0.623

urological cancer (Y/N)

15/35

1/10

14/25

0.085

urinary calculi (Y/N)

12/38

4/7

8/31

0.240

DM (Y/N)

9/41

3/8

6/33

0.308

internal use of steroid (Y/N)

9/41

3/8

6/33

0.308