The demographic characteristics such as age and gender, and clinical characteristics such as SOFA score, biochemical parameters, white blood cell count (WBC), platelet count (PLT), procalcitonin (PCT), liver enzymes including total bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), serum creatinine, lactate levels in patients with sepsis and septic shock are summarised in Table 2. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and Shock.