IL10 and systemic inflammatory response syndrome: The proportion of patients who developed sepsis was significantly (p < 0.01) higher in the high IL-10 and high NEWS (N = 53; 88.3%) as opposed to the low IL-10 and high NEWS (N = 11; 61.1%) subgroup (Table 2), with similar results also found for combinations of high IL-10 and SIRS (Table S14).