SIRT3 and septic shock: We divided the patients into low Sirt3 (< 15.33 pg/ml) and high Sirt3 (≥ 15.33 pg/ml) groups, with 25 patients in the low Sirt3 group (13 sepsis and 12 septic shock) and 26 patients in the high Sirt3 group (22 sepsis and 4 septic shock).