VEGFA and Sepsis: Ang-2 correlated with sepsis severity (Table 3), as measured by Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score (r = 0.46, P < 0.0001), Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score (r = 0.58, P < 0.0001), number of organ failures (r = 0.48, P < 0.0001) and arterial lactate (r = 0.41, P = 0.003), whereas VEGF did not correlate with any of these parameters.