Table 1: Studies showing lactate as marker in sepsis.
| Sl.no. | Study | Population size | Lactate (Control) | Lactate (survivors) | Lactate (dead) |
| 1 | Bakker J, et al. [8] | 87 | < 2 mmol/L | 5.6 + 3.7 mmol/L | 9.6 + 5.3 mmol/L |
| 2 | Howell, et al. [28] | 1287 | < 2 mmol/L | > 4.0 mmol/L | NA |
| 3 | Lavery, et al. [25] | 375 | < 2 mmol/L | > 2.0 mmol/L | NA |
| 4 | Nguyen HB, et al. [16] | 111 | < 2 mmol/L | 6.9 + 4.6 mmol/L | NA |
| 5 | Arnold RC, et al. [17] | 166 | < 2 mmol/L | > 4.0 mmol/L | NA |
| 6 | Krishna U, et al. [29] | 50 | < 2 mmol/L | 24.4 + 17.9 mg/dl (Sepsis), 35.0 + 20.4 mg/dl (Trauma) | 34.2 + 19.8 mg/dl (Sepsis), 53.0 + 23.1 mg/dl (Trauma) |