Median (IQR) Ang-2 levels were higher among 78 sepsis patients in whom plasma was sampled more than 24 h prior to meeting Berlin ARDS diagnostic criteria compared to a group of 408 at-risk sepsis patients who did not develop ARDS during the first 5 days of hospitalization [7577 pg/ml (4216–16,699 pg/ml) vs. The gene discussed is ANGPT2; the disease is Sepsis.