Table 9: SIRS criteria vs. Group.
| S. No. | SIRS criteria | Sepsis (n = 62) | Control (n = 60) | p-value |
| 1 | Temperature (> 38 °C | 20 (32%) | 4 (7%) | 0.001 |
| 2 | Heart rate, (> 90 beats/min) | 54 (88%) | 30 (52%) | 0.000 |
| 3 | Respiratory Rate (> 20 breath/min) | 52 (84%) | 45 (74%) | 0.226 |
| 4 | WBC (> 12000/cmm) | 60 (97%) | 18 (32%) | 0.000 |