Age, dyspnea at rest, preoperative sepsis, class III/IV/V based on the ASA-PS classification system, and albumin and creatinine levels, were finally selected (Tables S2, Supplemental Digital Content 3, http://links.lww.com/JS9/D288 and S3, Supplemental Digital Content 3, http://links.lww.com/JS9/D288). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Sepsis.