Statistical Analysis
The differences in the genotype frequencies of lncRNA TDRG1rs8506 and the demographic variables between sepsis cases and healthy controls were compared applying the χ2 test. Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) of the healthy controls for rs8506 was tested using the goodness-of-fit χ2 test. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were carried out to calculate the odd ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for risk of sepsis, which were also stratified by the age, gender, sepsis subtype, prognosis and the number of organs with dysfunction.