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Table 1 The demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of the FMF patients, and the sepsis patients

From: Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and tumor necrosis factor-α in combination is a useful diagnostic biomarker to distinguish familial Mediterranean fever from sepsis

Characteristic

FMF patients (n = 28)

Sepsis patients (n = 22)

Healthy controls (n = 118)

Age at onset, years

24 (9–48)

  

Age at diagnosis, years

40 (29–50)

59 (44–71)

56 (47–65)

Female, n (%)

19 (68)

12 (54)

11 (58)

Serum CRP, mg/L

63 (44–99)*

116 (99–148)**

 

SOFA score

 

3 (2.8–4.3)

 

DIC, n (%)

0 (0)

3 (18)

 

MAS, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

M694I mutation, n (%)

11 (39)

  

Typical FMF, n (%)

21 (75)

  
  1. CRP C-reactive protein; SOFA sequential organ failure assessment; DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation; MAS macrophage activation syndrome. *n = 6, **n = 10